This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: NYT
4-20-16
The 105.6-carat stone, known as the Koh-i-Noor, was moved to Britain in 1850 and is now part of the crown jewels.
Source: NYT
4-20-16
Other depictions of women and civil rights leaders will also be part of new currency designs. (Includes Related Links to relevant stories we found on the Internet.)
Source: FOX News
4-18-16
Traditional Olympic flame ceremony introduced by Nazis to take place once again ahead of Rio 2016
Source: New Historian
4-19-16
36 years ago, the original patent for Wilbur and Orville Wright’s “Flying Machine” was lost in a paperwork shuffle. Now, it’s been re-discovered, securing the historic document once more for posterity.
Source: Tablet
4-19-16
by Robert Rockaway
What stops them? The FBI got word of the plot and stopped it.
Source: NYT
4-19-16
The first reference to Uncle Sam has been traced to Isaac Mayo, a 16-year-old midshipman on the U.S.S. Wasp, who reported for duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on March 1, 1810.
Source: NYT
4-17-16
Half a million people or more, many of whom had no connection to Communism, are estimated to have been killed, and hundreds of thousands of others were held in detention centers for years.
Source: The Conversation
4-18-16
Researchers are now uncovering evidence that the Vikings conquered more of the British Isles than was previously thought.
Source: NYT
4-19-16
Mr. Trump’s pugnacious style and often divisive messages bring back memories of Mr. Koch, who, in his day, similarly personified New York City’s sometimes assertive, sometimes obstreperous id.
Source: The Sunday Times
4-17-16
An ancient stone ornament illegally removed from Syria has been found on sale for tens of thousands of pounds in an upmarket antiques shop in Mayfair, central London.
Source: The Conversation
4-16-16
Ordinary Syrian people are going to extraordinary lengths, risking everything to protect their heritage, despite the horror that has engulfed their country.
Source: The Washington Post
4-17-1`6
When Nathan Ross Chapman became the first military casualty to die by enemy fire during the war in Afghanistan, the only American flag available for his casket was a patch torn off the uniform of an airman loading his coffin for the long trip home.
Source: AP
4-16-16
The museum was trashed and some of its best-known artifacts and statues were smashed by the militants, who cut off the heads and hands of statues and demolished others before being driven out last month.
Source: NYT
4-16-16
In 1838, the Jesuit priests who ran the country’s top Catholic university needed money to keep it alive. Now comes the task of making amends.
Source: Business Insider
4-14-16
After its last AI chatbot turned into a genocide-advocating, misogynistic, holocaust-denying racist, the company's latest project — a bot that tells you what's in photos — refuses to even look at photos of Adolf Hitler.
Source: Time Magazine
4-13-16
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has been dropping public hints that he's looking to keep Alexander Hamilton in the center portrait on the front of the $10 bill
Source: Yes! Magazine
4-13-16
Twenty-three leaders recently convened in Richmond, Virginia to plan a national commission on racial violence against black people.
Source: Art Crime Research
4-13-16
It rejects the proposal to rebuild the city utilizing 3D technologies.
Source: New Historian
4-12-16
A research study from Tel Aviv University has used handwriting analysis to shed new light on the mysteries surrounding just when Old Testament texts were written.
Source: The Washington Post
4-10-16
The fate of Confederate monuments standing on public property has been a topic of debate — civil and uncivil.
