When Ulysses S. Grant entered the president’s office in 1869, echoes of the Civil War tensions that he helped to resolve still reverberated in his mind—and in the nation at large. In response, he commissioned a set of paintings to represent the Union’s indivisibility and to symbolize the nation’s post-war recovery. “Liberty” by Constantino Brumidi is mounted […]
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A man has been charged with racially aggravated assault after a group of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were allegedly attacked near the University of Southampton after a Rally in June. Zheng Gong, 23, of High Street, Southampton, was due to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said on Friday. The police didn’t reveal Mr.
Holiday firms are cancelling flights to Rhodes as a blaze continues to ravage the Greek island. Jet2 Holidays cancelled all flights to the island until July 30 and said it would send empty planes to bring stranded Britons home, while Tui said it would cancel all flights and holidays until Tuesday. Thomas Cook later announced
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By Aviva Bechky The Seattle Times Seattle—Tens of thousands baseball fans flooded into Seattle for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and surrounding festivities from July 7-11. If we had the chance, we might have told each of those visitors: “Welcome! We’re new here, too. Seattle Times producer Sarah-Mae McCullough just moved to the city,
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Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives have been political and partisan from their inception, but with some 30 states pushing legislation to curb these efforts, there are signs that corporate enthusiasm for ESG is starting to wane. According to a recent survey (pdf), most corporate social impact teams—a term that overlaps with ESG and DEI
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View the print-ready version of this recipe. I fell in love with Huevos Rancheros when my husband and I lived in Mexico. Don’t miss all my other favorite Mexican recipes. Please tell me you have heard of this incredible dish before? Huevos Rancheros (Spanish for “rancher’s eggs”) is a popular Mexican recipe that’s made up of
A recent study published in the British Medical Journal found that taking a vitamin D supplement may reduce the incidence of heart attacks and other major cardiovascular events. “Most other studies have not found benefit for vitamin D for major cardiovascular events,” senior investigator Rachel Neale, who holds a doctorate in skin cancer prevention, told Medscape
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After strolling along a lovely stretch of Atlantic Ocean beach that fronts Cape May, New Jersey, my wife, Fyllis, and I decided to check out some of the town’s other attractions. We dropped by the towering lighthouse, which has beamed warnings to ships since 1859. The Cape May Lighthouse in Cape May, New Jersey, has
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On July 18, the Hong Kong Consumer Council released the findings on 30 packaged pickled vegetable products, some of which are available in the American market. It has raised concerns about the safety and quality of some packaged pickled vegetable products with high sodium content. The Consumer Council examined 30 packaged pickled vegetable samples, including
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“White flight” is one of those terms that drips with resentment and feeds on self-hatred. As a label for the mass movement of white Americans out of cities during the 20th century, it’s no friendlier than “gentrification,” used to define the reverse movement over recent decades. But many white people, such as “White Fragility” author
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