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West Point Has a K.K.K. Plaque Mounted Above Entrance to Science Hall
For decades, the students at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York have walked beneath a panel…
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Roland Mesnier, Pastry Chef to Five Presidents, Dies at 78
Roland Mesnier, the inventive White House pastry chef whose ambrosial and whimsical desserts briefly shifted the weight of office from…
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Ruby C. Williams, Folk Artist With a Produce Stand, Dies at 94
At a produce stand in a rural part of Florida east of Tampa, Ruby C. Williams would sell you some…
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Why Anthony Fauci’s Covid Legacy Is a Failure
In 2019, Anthony Fauci was seen as a charming but no-nonsense doctor who had served the public for five decades.…
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91
Mikhail S. Gorbachev, whose rise to power in the Soviet Union set in motion a series of revolutionary changes that…
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A Long-Lost Branch of the Nile Helped in Building Egypt’s Pyramids
For 4,500 years, the pyramids of Giza have loomed over the western bank of the Nile River as a geometric…
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‘What Do I Want to Do With My Life?’
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A Star Maestro, Fighting Brain Cancer, Finds Peace in Music
LENOX, Mass. — The conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, during his half-century career in music, has led many performances of Beethoven’s…
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Katie Gregson-MacLeod Sang About a ‘Complex’ Love. TikTok Responded.
If TikTok has made you cry sometime this month, it’s likely thanks to Katie Gregson-MacLeod. On Aug. 4, the 21-year-old…
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How Did ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Get Those Dogfight Scenes? Joseph Kosinski Explains.
The WhatsApp message arrived on May 10. “I got my call sign,” was all it read, signed “Strike.” And in…