#Hi-tech imaging sheds light on Holy Sepulchre wall crosses

#Hi-tech imaging sheds light on Holy Sepulchre wall crosses

“#Hi-tech imaging sheds light on Holy Sepulchre wall crosses” JERUSALEM – Crosses etched in mysterious abundance across the walls of Christianity’s most sacred church were long assumed to be graffiti, but they may be the work of medieval masons paid to carve them by pilgrims, research suggests. Revered in Christian tradition as the site of…

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#’Alexander Hamilton not a slave owner!’: Descendant duels critics

#’Alexander Hamilton not a slave owner!’: Descendant duels critics

“#’Alexander Hamilton not a slave owner!’: Descendant duels critics” Douglas Hamilton — the fifth-great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton — is ready for pistols at dawn. Figuratively speaking, of course.  While statues are being bulldozed and controversies rage over whether schools bearing the monikers of former presidents should be renamed, the 70-year-old Westerville, Ohio, resident told The Post (which…

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#Long dormant volcano comes to life in southwestern Iceland

#Long dormant volcano comes to life in southwestern Iceland

“#Long dormant volcano comes to life in southwestern Iceland” REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A long dormant volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland flared to life Friday night, spilling lava down two sides in that area’s first volcanic eruption in nearly 800 years. Initial aerial footage, posted on the Facebook page of the Icelandic Meteorological…

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#The Man Who Inspired ‘Nightcrawler’ (and Other Movies)

#The Man Who Inspired ‘Nightcrawler’ (and Other Movies)

“#The Man Who Inspired ‘Nightcrawler’ (and Other Movies)” “If it bleeds, it leads.” That’s the newsroom mantra introducing Nightcrawler protagonist Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) to the cutthroat world of “stringing,” in which freelance videographers prowl LA’s streets in search of grisly footage to sell to news stations. The phrase is a neat summation of the lurid…

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#Reparations would be unjust and tear our nation apart

#Reparations would be unjust and tear our nation apart

“#Reparations would be unjust and tear our nation apart” A bill now before the House of Representatives would set up a commission to “examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies.” We all know what the euphemistic wording means in plain English: modern-day…

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#US reporter Albert Wilder Taylor honored in South Korea

#US reporter Albert Wilder Taylor honored in South Korea

“#US reporter Albert Wilder Taylor honored in South Korea” South Korea on Saturday honored an American news correspondent whose accidental discovery of secretly printed copies of the Korean Declaration of Independence led to the world learning of the nation’s efforts to end Japanese occupation. The honor came in the form of dedicating the home Albert…

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#JFK’s Harvard sweater auctioned for ,000

#JFK’s Harvard sweater auctioned for $85,000

“#JFK’s Harvard sweater auctioned for $85,000” John F. Kennedy’s Harvard sweater was sold at auction for more than $85,000 — some than 60 years after it was given away to a TV cameraman.  The red wool cardigan, which features a large “H” on the left breast and eight white mother-of-pearl buttons, was gaveled off this…

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