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2 teenagers die while swimming at New York’s Coney Island Beach
Toronto Star· 8 hours agoFILE- Children play in the sand while others jog as a New York City Parks officer, center, walks the...
14 Fantastic Facts About the Fourth of July
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt wasn't until 1870 that the U.S.... A mourning nation saw the hand of God in the timing of the deaths. The New York Evening Post wrote: "Three of the...
Two Teenagers Drown Off Brooklyn Beach
New York Times· 11 hours agoIt was the second pair of drownings off city beaches in two weeks. Two teenagers drowned while swimming off Coney Island in Brooklyn as a thunderstorm...
Nathan's hot dog eating contest: Bertoletti eats 58 hot dogs to claim Mustard Belt, Sudo wins 10th...
CTV News· 2 days agoThe 39-year-old Bertoletti defeated 13 competitors from around the world in a test to see who can...
The 10 Best Olive Garden Locations In the Country—and 10 To Avoid
Eat This, Not That!· 1 day agoAficionados of any chain know that the quality of its locations can vary greatly, be it the size and...
Who Is David Lammy, Britain’s New Foreign Secretary?
New York Times· 1 day agoDavid Lammy, the son of Guyanese immigrants who grew up poor in working-class London, on Friday became Britain’s chief diplomat, taking the lead on...
On This Day, July 5: Larry Doby becomes 1st Black player in MLB's American League
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoIn 2019, Sergio Cabral, the former governor of Rio de Janeiro, told a Brazilian court he paid $2...
A Mark of Shame for 900 Years. Until Now?
New York Times· 8 hours agoA felony, as Associate Justice Clarence Thomas once wrote in a 1994 Supreme Court opinion, is “as bad a word as you can give to man or thing.” When...
Guzzardi: Teddy Roosevelt, the U.S. flag and 'Americanism'
telegraphherald.com· 2 days agoIn 1904, the United States was booming under President Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.’s dynamic leadership....
The strangest Fourth of July traditions across the country
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHowever, other cities across the US have some traditions that aren’t as conventional. New York Every...