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HC sets aside memo rejecting war veteran's prayer for house site
8+ min ago (18+ words) Telangana High Court orders state to allocate house site to war veteran, overturning previous memo rejecting his claim....
Holocaust Education: Addressing Denial in Classrooms " J-Wire
9+ hour, 15+ min ago (425+ words) New Zealand's secondary teachers' union is developing new guidance for educators following reports of increasing Holocaust denial, antisemitism and other forms of extremist behaviour in classrooms. The Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) says it has commissioned work to develop resources…...
Comedy legend Mel Brooks turns 100
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (454+ words) His parody of Hitler in the landmark 1968 movie "The Producers" was just the beginning for US actor Mel Brooks. The 100-year-old comedian is still on a roll. It's often easier in retrospect to see how an artist has paved the…...
Austria once denied its Nazi past. Now it sends young people abroad to confront it.
50+ min ago (884+ words) At a Long Island nonprofit preserving the story of a Holocaust rescuer, Austrian volunteers are helping bring that history to new audiences. For decades after 1945, Austrians often emphasized their own victimhood under Nazi Germany. Only in the 1980s and "90s did they…...
Through mental illness and poverty, these self-taught artists found ways to create
50+ min ago (732+ words) On a recent trip to New York, I saw a fantastic exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum: "Self-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists." On display through Sept. 13 are almost 90 works, divided into three methods of artistic self-fashioning and "self-making…...
WWII Warbird TBM Avenger to Visit Concord for America 250
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (236+ words) A rare World War II bomber will be coming to the Concord airport, giving people a chance to view, touch and ride in a piece of aviation history to coincide with America 250 celebrations. "For many people, flying in a warbird…...
Mysterious 1941 Ford Woody Found Inside Sunken Wwii Aircraft Carrier After 83 Years
22+ hour, 5+ min ago (622+ words) An underwater expedition exploring the wreck of the famed USS Yorktown has uncovered an astonishing piece of automotive history, a remarkably well-preserved 1941 Ford Super Deluxe Woody resting inside the sunken World War II aircraft carrier more than three miles beneath…...
Happy birthday, 2000 Year Old Man. Mel Brooks is turning 100
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (341+ words) The 2000 Year Old Man is turning 100 NEW YORK " The 2000 Year Old Man is turning 100. Mel Brooks on Sunday will celebrate his centennial birthday. The comedian and filmmaker has been awaiting the milestone. Earlier this year, Judd Apatow titled his retrospective…...
Operation VITTLES: The Legacy of the Berlin Airlift
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (108+ words) ...
CARTER: Your World War II ended in 1945
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (119+ words) Norman Transcript We were in Estonia last week on a Backroads Bicycling Adventure Tour. Somewhere in the countryside between P'rnu and Tallinn, we peddled into a cafe for lunch. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium…...