National Debt Closes in on Post-World War II Mark, CBO Says
Projections show steady budget deficits exceeding 5% of GDP, even assuming that the bulk of the 2017 tax cuts expire.
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Mussel bed surveyed before World War II still thriving
A mussel bed in Northern California is as healthy and biodiverse as it was about 80 years ago, when two young students surveyed it shortly before one was sent to fight in World War II. Resampling the site reveals a thriving mussel bed community that also shows the mark of climate change.
World War II submarine at a Manitowoc museum is heading to Door County for work this fall
Funds are being raised for maintenance work on the 81-year-old sub that sank 13 enemy vessels in combat. It's the first time it will be in drydock in almost 30 years.
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Poland still seeking compensation from Germany for World War II
Poland is still seeking compensation for victims of the German invasion in World War II, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said in Berlin on Friday. After attending the opening of the new Polish Embassy in the German capital,
1945, the last year of World War II: Here's all that happened 80 years back
Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial for war crimes in November. - Nazis on trial - Nazi leaders go on trial in Nuremberg,
1945, The Last Year Of World War II
Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial for war crimes in November.
Veterans honored by governor for service in World War II
Gov. Jim Pillen and York County Veterans Service Officer Nick Wollenburg honored two World War II veterans during a recent ceremony in York.
80 years later, movie tells story of SC woman’s battalion during World War II
When Charity Adams Earley was sent across seas in 1944 , she was faced with a monumental task: Get millions of pieces of mail to the soldiers meant to receive them. Under her leadership, a battalion of Black women nicknamed the Six Triple Eight (for the 6888th) sorted and sent the mail in
Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told about Soviet spy in her palace for nearly 10 years, MI5 files reveal
Anthony Blunt, who worked at Buckingham Palace as Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures, was secretly a Soviet spy during WWII.
Moonshiner made weapon that helped Allies win World War II. He died 50 years ago in NC
During a raid on his illegal whiskey distilling operation in 1921, Williams was accused of killing a deputy. After he got out of prison, he helped to design a gun that armed soldiers during World War II, according to the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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James Herriot (Alf Wight)’s Real World War II Experience
Discover the fascinating facts and surprising timeline of the All Creatures Great and Small's author's WWII experience.
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Visiting Auschwitz, UK’s Starmer decries ‘poison of antisemitism rising around the world’
British PM says he saw 'sheer horror' at concentration camp which saw industrial-level killing as a 'collective endeavor by thousands of ordinary people'