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Italy declares war on Germany on October 13, 1943
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (432+ words) Oct 13, 2026 13:00 55 On October 13, 1943, the Kingdom of Italy declares war on Nazi Germany. The decision is announced by Prime Minister and Marshal Pietro Badoglio on behalf of King Victor Emmanuel III. Thus, Italy officially confronts the state with which it had been…...
Three WWII vets celebrate 101st, 102nd and 103rd birthdays in Roanoke
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (226+ words) ROANOKE, Va. – Three World War II veterans recently came together to celebrate a combined milestone: birthdays marking 101, 102 and 103 years of life. Marion Noel, John Eakin and James Flinchum gathered with their community to mark the occasions — each man a living…...
Who said that?
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (145+ words) Florida’s quote of the day "I love to vote. I feel like I'm saying something." One-hundred-and-one-year-old Chris Prescott received a standing ovation when she was recently introduced as the "poster child for super voters" at a Leon-Wakulla Retired Educators Association…...
Jean Schlumberger at Tiffany & Co.: I Am Only a Pencil, in Paris
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (836+ words) I Am Only a Pencil is a Tiffany & Co. presentation at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Its subject is how Jean Schlumberger worked. For the first time, the presentation pairs his drawings and personal objects with jewelry. The…...
San Francisco's most desirable street is a giant construction site
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (1286+ words) Construction underway in San Francisco’s Sea Cliff neighborhood, as captured on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. On a sunny weekday in San Francisco’s exclusive Sea Cliff neighborhood, the Golden Gate Bridge hung perfectly framed between two mansions. The water was blue, the cypress…...
‘A great experience’: Troop 100 members take ‘epic’ trip to scenic New Mexico ranch
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (593+ words) WESTBOROUGH – For a Cub Scout, the pinnacle is becoming an Eagle Scout. But before Westborough High School sophomores Alden Preston and Mateusz Moskal reach that point – probably within a year or so – they took part in an epic nine-day trip…...
Secret Mission Turns Vienna’s Old Town Into a Spy Thriller
5+ hour, 44+ min ago (269+ words) A dead researcher, a missing substance and a team that has to follow the trail: With Secret Mission, four founders from Vienna have built an experience that drops players right into the middle of a crime story. Participants investigate across…...
Local author's book about father's WWII letters being adapted into short film
4+ hour ago (161+ words) Filming for the locally-produced short film "Heavy Date" will start this weekend at this Cayuga Island house where Loretto Thompson and her family grew up. The box of letters Loretto Thompson’s father wrote to his mother during World War II…...
What happened to Germany's Transrapid?
7+ hour, 17+ min ago (63+ words) DW.com What happened to Germany's Transrapid? Germany news: Merz rails against extremism, AfD sympathizers High-tech revolution in defense German startup gives cooling a magnetic makeover More on Cars and Transportation from Europe Cars or bikes: Who really rules Berlin's…...
Fort Hood Shooting Survivors Speak Out After Pentagon Announces Plans to Livestream Mass Killer Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution: ‘America Is Better Than That’
15+ hour, 30+ min ago (551+ words) Pete Hegseth announced Hasan's execution will be livestreamed. Oct. 12 2026, Updated 7:00 p.m. ET Nidal Hasan, who carried out a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009 that killed 13 U.S. soldiers and injured 32 others, will be executed via firing squad. Unlike other firing squad executions,…...