#Australian researchers discover country’s largest flying reptile

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“#Australian researchers discover country’s largest flying reptile” A team of Australian researchers has discovered the country’s largest flying reptile. The fearsome, long-necked pterosaur had a wingspan measuring seven meters in length and what the team calls a “spear mouth.” According to a paper published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Thapunngaka shawi was located at the geological Toolebuc Formation near Richmond in North West…

#Families urge using new DNA tech to ID Pearl Harbor unknowns

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“#Families urge using new DNA tech to ID Pearl Harbor unknowns” HONOLULU — William Edward Mann enlisted in the Navy after graduating from high school in rural Washington state. A guitar player, he picked up the ukulele while stationed in Hawaii. He’s been presumed dead since Dec. 7, 1941, when Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor…

#Forget the Alamo? Woke iconoclasts come for Texas’ heroes

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“#Forget the Alamo? Woke iconoclasts come for Texas’ heroes” No one is trying to topple the Alamo quite yet, but a new revisionist book on the foundational event of Texas history partakes of the iconoclastic spirit of our time. The book, titled “Forget the Alamo,” is a harsh call for Texans, and Americans, to get over…

#Anger as French protesters compare vaccines to Nazi horrors

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“#Anger as French protesters compare vaccines to Nazi horrors” PARIS — A French Holocaust survivor has denounced anti-vaccination protesters comparing themselves to Jews who were persecuted by Nazi Germany during World War II. French officials and anti-racism groups joined the 94-year-old in expressing indignation. As more than 100,000 people marched around France against government vaccine rules on…

#3 books that bust the lid off ‘bad old days’ New York City

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“#3 books that bust the lid off ‘bad old days’ New York City” This has been an extremely challenging year for the Big Apple, and while we’ve turned the corner on the pandemic, the city’s future isn’t entirely clear. I’ve been on a bit of a “Bad Old Days of NYC” kick this summer, reading…

#Charlottesville takes down Sacagawea statue after Confederate removals

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“#Charlottesville takes down Sacagawea statue after Confederate removals” The city of Charlottesville, Va. followed up its removal of two controversial Confederate statues Saturday with the lightning-fast toppling of a third local landmark: a monumental tribute to explorers Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sacagawea. In an emergency meeting called with 20 minutes’ notice, the Charlottesville City…

#Why America needs to ban critical race theory in schools

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“#Why America needs to ban critical race theory in schools” As we mark the 245th anniversary of American independence, critical race theory has emerged as the dominant subject dividing the nation. The threshold question, itself the subject of rancorous and oftentimes disingenuous debate, is what the term “critical race theory” even refers to. When this…

#Salute the American Revolution’s enduring legacy

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“#Salute the American Revolution’s enduring legacy” It’s been a hard time for the American Revolution. It’s been smeared by the New York Times 1619 project as a fight to preserve slavery. Juneteenth, a worthy event in its own right, is considered by some as a candidate to replace July 4, marking a supposedly more palatable…

#Roman Colosseum underground tunnels, cages open to public

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“#Roman Colosseum underground tunnels, cages open to public” For the first time in history, the bowels of Rome’s Colosseum are now open for public viewing. The labyrinth of subterranean passageways, rooms and cages from which gladiators and prisoners used to wait before emerging from trap doors into the arena will open Friday, a first in…

#Letters to the Editor — June 28, 2021

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“#Letters to the Editor — June 28, 2021” The Issue: The decision to relocate the statue of Theodore Roosevelt from the Museum of Natural History. Whenever I saw the statue of President Theodore Roosevelt outside of the American Museum of Natural History, it reminded me that Teddy was one of our best presidents, and arguably…