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200 love letters found in a Nashville home tell the story of a couple's courtship during WWII
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (777+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. " Highlights from a trove of more than 200 love letters that tell the story of a couple's courtship and marriage during World War II are now on display digitally through the Nashville Public Library, offering an intimate picture of…...
Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor and historian embraced by Obama, dies at 88
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (343+ words) TOKYO " Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima and a historian but best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the city a decade ago, has died....
A Holocaust survivor born in a concentration camp shares her story
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (952+ words) TEL AVIV " In the last months of World War II, Lola Kantorowicz tried her best to hide her pregnancy. She succeeded because most of the prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp had bellies that were distended and bloated from extended…...
A $3M project aims to make downtown Houston 10 degrees cooler
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (430+ words) HOUSTON " A major downtown Houston project is underway to make the city center more walkable and cooler through strategic shade installations and green infrastructure, just in time for the upcoming World Cup. The ambitious nearly $3 million initiative spans 27 downtown blocks…...
Japanese American soldiers once branded 'enemy aliens' promoted posthumously
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (667+ words) HONOLULU " Seven Japanese American soldiers were promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having been branded "enemy aliens." The seven were students at the University…...
Record high expected Friday in Houston
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (50+ words) Record high expected Friday in Houston'Click2Houston Record high expected Friday in Houston Body found during search for missing San Antonio teen Sheldon firefighters rescue trapped dogs from house fire, revives them Top Headlines for Today, Dec. 29, 2025 Pancho Claus continues to…...
Japan and China commemorate World War II anniversary on different dates
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (551+ words) BENXI " Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims in a solemn ceremony on Aug. 15, the day…...
80 years ago World War II in Europe was over. Celebrating V-E Day is now tinged with some dread
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (100+ words) Visit Click2Houston.com for breaking news in Houston, Texas from KPRC. Houston, Texas breaking news, headlines, weather, and sports. The latest local Houston, Texas news and more from NBC TV's local affiliate in Houston, Texas, KPRC - Houston's Channel 2. 80 years ago World…...
Remains of Texas World War II airman declared MIA after 1943 plane crash identified
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (286+ words) WASHINGTON D.C. " The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced that an Army Airman, declared missing in action after a 1943 plane crash during World War 2, has been accounted for. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Charles W. McCook, 23, of Georgetown, Texas, was killed on…...
A secret note hidden in Dachau-built ‘Violin of Hope’ tells a tale of survival and craftsmanship
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (56+ words) Visit Click2Houston.com for breaking news in Houston, Texas from KPRC. Houston, Texas breaking news, headlines, weather, and sports. The latest local Houston, Texas news and more from NBC TV's local affiliate in Houston, Texas, KPRC - Houston's Channel 2. A secret note…...