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What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country's...
The US is at risk for dengue fever
The Week via Yahoo Canada News· 10 hours agoThe U.S. is not at severe risk just yet, thanks to air conditioning and screened windows limiting exposure to mosquitos. Cases should stay low "as long...
A Visual History of the Harlem Renaissance
New York Times· 5 days ago“The Janitor Who Paints,” a 1937 work by Palmer Hayden, who described it in a 1969 interview as a “protest painting.” The piece is featured in “The...
Top Taylor Swift books for Swifties of all ages
National Post· 20 hours agoPostmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Sure people love to hate, but you can’t deny Taylor Swift’s...
Pattern of Brain Damage Is Pervasive in Navy SEALs Who Died by Suicide
The New York Times via Yahoo Canada News· 20 hours agoDavid Metcalf’s last act in life was an attempt to send a message — that years as a Navy SEAL had...
The Wide, Wide World of Judy Chicago
New York Times· 2 hours agoThe 84-year-old American is perhaps best known for her groundbreaking feminist installation “The Dinner Party,” but she is an artist with a formidable...
Paul Theroux on Necessary Solitude, Risks and the Joy of Writing
New York Times· 7 hours agoAfter 60 years and almost as many books, the novelist and travel writer, 83, will stop when he falls...
An ancient earthquake rerouted the Ganges River | CNN
CNN.com· 1 day agoEarthquakes, caused by the shifting of Earth’s tectonic plates, have the potential to transform the...
10 of History’s Most Misinterpreted Quotes
Mentalfloss· 4 hours agoThe phrase can be traced back to 1834, when Nimrod Murphree claimed to have invented perpetual motion. The last lines of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not...
My Mind Is Absolutely Blown From These 51 Photos That Are Making Me Look At These Pop Culture...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days ago...Gene Lester / Getty Images 36.This is then-Vice President Richard Nixon riding Peter Pan's Flight...
