US service members aboard amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Arabian Sea. Nearly 100 US personnel have been injured over the last two weeks, the Pentagon has said. Photograph: U.S. Central Command/XUS service members aboard amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Arabian Sea. Nearly 100 US personnel have been injured over the last…
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After the slave trade was outlawed in the British Empire in 1807, the British Royal Navy had to patrol the Atlantic to enforce the ban on slave ships, as not all territories complied immediately. Royal Navy personnel intercepted around 1,600 vessels full of captured Africans, helping free some 150,000 people.
On this day in 1990, Justice William Brennan retired from the Supreme Court after nearly 34 years of service. He is among the longest-serving and most influential justices in the history of the court.
As the all-inclusive holiday has a revival, I recall honing my buffet talents at the Pizza Hut salad bar in the 1980s. It’s skill and science: exhilarating