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Laurie Hertzel: 10 books set on the Minnesota North Shore

Mid-March might not be the best time to go Up North, but it's a great time to read about being Up North.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023

My meeting with Jiang Yanyong, the Chinese doctor who dared speak the truth about SARS

In 2003, the military surgeon watched in disbelief as Chinese officials downplayed how SARS was spreading — and took the risk of alerting the media to the cover-up. He died this past week at age 91.

WEKU · Mar 18, 2023

Commentary: QAnon has gone local, with strange repercussions in California’s Shasta County and beyond

The Shasta County, California, Board of Supervisors has “upended the county’s election process,” the Los Angeles Times reported last week, “canceling its contract with Dominion Voting Systems.” The county could opt to hand-count ballots instead, which would likely delay results and promote more suspicion of elections. One supervisor said he…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2023

The Night Manager, The Responder, Vigil and all the BBC dramas returning you didn’t expect

Time, Boiling Point and The Tourist are also shows that viewers did not expect to return

Wales Online · Feb 28, 2023

Waco Offers New Insights From ATF Agents

Historian Jeff Guinn's account focuses on the ATF's oft-overlooked fiasco in the 1993 affair rather than the FBI's widely reported involvement.

Reason · Feb 28, 2023

New details point to CIA role in Nelson Mandela's 1962 arrest

The report adds to evidence that JFK's administration aided capture of the civil rights leader.

Axios · Feb 27, 2023

‘Jesus Revolution’ tells the true story of Christian hippies and an Orange County church

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Eight years ago, as writer-director Jon Erwin was researching an unrelated movie project, he stumbled across a 1971 issue of Time magazine, which featured a psychedelic purple picture of Jesus under the headline, “The Jesus Revolution.”

The Orange County Register · Feb 24, 2023

Lift her up: Rihanna follows show-stopping Super Bowl gig with Oscars performance

LOS ANGELES — The Super Bowl LVII halftime show was clearly not enough for Rihanna and certainly not enough for her Navy of fans. The music superstar and her newly revealed baby bump will take the stage at the 95th Academy Awards next month to perform her Oscar-nominated song "Lift…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 23, 2023

Oscars to introduce ‘crisis team’ for this year’s ceremony after Will Smith slap scandal

Will Smith slapped Oscars host Chris Rock on stage at last year’s ceremony

Manchester Evening News · Feb 23, 2023

‘Crisis team’ will be in place at this year’s Oscars, says Academy boss

Academy chief executive Bill Kramer says that a “crisis team” will be introduced for the first time at this year’s Oscars to prepare for any unanticipated events.

Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2023