The Statue of Liberty celebrated her 125th birthday Friday by serving as an inspiring backdrop for immigrants declaring the oath of American citizenship. The new Americans came from 46 countries in all, with one person swearing the oath for each of the years Lady Liberty has stood as a beacon of freedom in New York [...]
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SEDONA, Ariz. — Saturday marked the two-year anniversary of a sweat lodge ceremony that led to the deaths of three people in northern Arizona. James Arthur Ray, a self-help author who touted the ceremony as a spiritual rebirth, was convicted in June on three counts of negligent homicide. More than 50 people participated in the [...]
Two small earthquakes jolted the Bay Area Thursday, just days after the 22nd anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. That 6.9-magnitude jolt went down in California history after it killed 63 people, injured over 3,000 and caused up to $10 billion damage on October 17, 1989.The Loma Prieta earthquake was the largest to occur on [...]
As today’s Columbus Day celebrations begin, marking Columbus’ 1492 arrival in the New World, here are some little-known facts about the explorer celebrated by Italian-Americans across the United States. 1. When the Columbus Day Holiday Began In the U.S., it’s sometimes reported that the national holiday began in 1971, but that’s actually the date when [...]
British archaeologists have found an ancient shipyard in Italy that built or maintained ships for the Roman empire. The team, led by the University of Southampton, excavated the remains of a building five storeys high, at Portus, about 20 miles (32km) from Rome. The structure, from about 117 AD, was used to build or service [...]
(CNN) – A handful of progressive Christian leaders are joining the mostly conservative chorus of religious leaders who are criticizing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for excluding clergy from this weekend’s 9/11 commemoration event at ground zero. But there’s a twist. In addition to criticizing Bloomberg, progressive religious leaders are also taking aim at prominent [...]
BEIJING (The Borowitz Report) – Labor Day, one of America’s most beloved and longest-celebrated holidays, has been officially moved to China, U.S. officials confirmed today. The Labor Day celebrations are expected to kick off Monday afternoon in Beijing with a barbeque attended by over seven million people and presided over by former NBA star Yao [...]
Science Friday (known as SciFri for short) is a weekly call-in talk show that is part of NPR’s Talk of the Nation radio program.[1][2] SciFri is hosted by award winning science journalist Ira Flatow and was created and is produced by ScienceFriday, Inc. . The program is divided into two, one-hour programs. The focus of [...]
Have you Noticed the date? It’s July 11, or 7-11, and 7-Eleven, the nation’s most prolific convenience-store chain, is giving away free 7.11-ounce size Slurpees all day until midnight at participating stores throughout Colorado. To mark its 84th birthday, the chain, which has 8,600 locations in North America, and 41,500 stores worldwide, has been giving [...]
The late Father Charles Murphy was gravely scarred by a false accusation of sexual abuse, writes Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory. Father Murphy was cleared of the charge after an investigation, but the experience left deep scars. Tweet
