In January of 1945, Privates John Mincek and Luther Jack of the 87th Infantry Division man a machine gun as they protect a 3rd Army CP (tent in background) near the front lines in St. Hubert Forest, Belgium. 🪖
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Beneath Las Vegas lies an underground world few ever see. Nearly 200 miles of flood tunnels run below the city, and within them lives a hidden community of almost 1,000 unhoused people surviving in the Strip’s dark underbelly.
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According to HRANA, executions continued in Iran on January 14 the very day President Trump publicly stated that all executions had been stopped. At least five prisoners were executed across multiple prisons, directly contradicting the information he shared.
This stark discrepancy raises serious questions. Either the president was misinformed, or the information he relied on was not independently verified. While public statements suggested a halt, the reality on the ground told a different story one documented by human rights monitors inside the country.
HRANA reports the executions of Dariush Bozorgi (Mahabad Prison); Mostafa Azizi and Arman Mohammadian (Kashmar Prison); Yaser Akbari (Shahrekord Prison); and Khosrow Abdi (Sabzevar Prison). Further details, including the identification of seven additional prisoners, remain under review.
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This stark discrepancy raises serious questions. Either the president was misinformed, or the information he relied on was not independently verified. While public statements suggested a halt, the reality on the ground told a different story one documented by human rights monitors inside the country.
HRANA reports the executions of Dariush Bozorgi (Mahabad Prison); Mostafa Azizi and Arman Mohammadian (Kashmar Prison); Yaser Akbari (Shahrekord Prison); and Khosrow Abdi (Sabzevar Prison). Further details, including the identification of seven additional prisoners, remain under review.
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🚨🇮🇷 BREAKING: IRAN SHUTS DOWN ITS AIRSPACE
Tehran has issued a NOTAM suspending all commercial flights, allowing only select international operations with prior clearance.
When a nation grounds its skies, it signals either anticipation of incoming threats or an effort to prevent departures.
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Tehran has issued a NOTAM suspending all commercial flights, allowing only select international operations with prior clearance.
When a nation grounds its skies, it signals either anticipation of incoming threats or an effort to prevent departures.
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• U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled meetings with Iranian officials and told protesters that “help is on its way” amid Tehran’s violent crackdown. At least 1,850 protesters have been killed in more than two weeks of demonstrations, according to a U.S.-based human rights group.
• Trump is scheduled to meet with his senior national security team later today to discuss options on Iran, following his announcement that countries doing business with Iran will face a 25% tariff. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he believes the Iranian regime may be entering its “final days or weeks.”
• Some landline and mobile phone users in Iran have been able to place international calls for the first time in over four days after the government shut down communications. However, internet access remains largely cut off.
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• Trump is scheduled to meet with his senior national security team later today to discuss options on Iran, following his announcement that countries doing business with Iran will face a 25% tariff. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he believes the Iranian regime may be entering its “final days or weeks.”
• Some landline and mobile phone users in Iran have been able to place international calls for the first time in over four days after the government shut down communications. However, internet access remains largely cut off.
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📕 A Byzantine book cover with an ivory icon of the crucifixion. Gilded silver with crystal, glass and sapphire cabochons. Constantinople, 11th century.
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👑 On this day in 1901: Queen Victoria dies shortly after a stroke at her holiday retreat, Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.
Queen Victoria of Great Britain (r. 1837-1901) was one of the most loved of all Britain's monarchs. Her longevity, devotion to her role as figurehead of an empire, and recovery from the death of her beloved husband Prince Albert won her a unique status as the ever-present symbol of 19th-century Britain, an era of tremendous political, industrial, and social changes.
The last of the British Hanoverian monarchs, Victoria reigned for 63 years. She weathered the storms of life – outliving three of her children – and survived assassination attempts, family scandals, gossip over her relationship with her beloved servant John Brown, and reformers who wanted to topple the Crown.
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Queen Victoria of Great Britain (r. 1837-1901) was one of the most loved of all Britain's monarchs. Her longevity, devotion to her role as figurehead of an empire, and recovery from the death of her beloved husband Prince Albert won her a unique status as the ever-present symbol of 19th-century Britain, an era of tremendous political, industrial, and social changes.
The last of the British Hanoverian monarchs, Victoria reigned for 63 years. She weathered the storms of life – outliving three of her children – and survived assassination attempts, family scandals, gossip over her relationship with her beloved servant John Brown, and reformers who wanted to topple the Crown.
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Today in 1915, Royal Navy warships led by five battlecruisers surprise a German squadron near the Dogger Bank and destroy the armoured cruiser Blücher. The ambush is made possible after the Admiralty's cryptanalysis section, Room 40, intercepts and decodes the enemy's signals.
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On this day in 1965, Winston Churchill, 90, dies of complications from a stroke. "The great figure who embodied man's will to resist tyranny passed into history this morning," reports the New York Times.
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Today in 1972, a Japanese soldier from WWII is discovered hiding on Guam. Sgt Shoichi Yokoi, 57, is eventually repatriated. "It is with much embarrassment that I return," he says upon returning home. Other holdouts will be found in the Philippines and Indonesia as late as 1974.
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On this day in 1941, noted American aviator Charles Lindbergh appears before Congress to urge the U.S. government to negotiate a non-aggression treaty with Adolf Hitler.
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Today in 1968, North Korea seizes the American spy ship USS Pueblo in international waters. Pyongyang holds the 83 members of the crew for 11 months in appalling conditions that include beatings, starvation and torture. One sailor, Duane Hodges, dies before they're released.
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Today in 1870, Federal troops slaughter 200 supposedly hostile Blackfeet Indians in Montana. It's soon revealed that the wrong village has been targeted. The victims — mostly women, children & the elderly — are from a friendly band. The fiasco will be known as the Marias Massacre
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On this day in 1995, Moscow comes frighteningly close to ordering a nuclear strike on the United States after mistaking a Norwegian research rocket for an American submarine-launched ballistic missile.
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Today in 1915, Royal Navy warships led by five battlecruisers surprise a German squadron near the Dogger Bank and destroy the armoured cruiser Blücher. The ambush is made possible after the Admiralty's cryptanalysis section, Room 40, intercepts and decodes the enemy's signals.
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On this day in 1965, Winston Churchill, 90, dies of complications from a stroke. "The great figure who embodied man's will to resist tyranny passed into history this morning," reports the New York Times.
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82 years ago today, British troops and US Army Rangers meet on the Anzio-Rome road in Italy. 🪖
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In January of 1945, Pfc. John Wauthier of the 2nd Infantry Division is photographed with his BAR near Bütgenbach Belgium.🪖
He is less than a month away from turning 19 years old here. 🇺🇸
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He is less than a month away from turning 19 years old here. 🇺🇸
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In January of 1944, Pfc. George Miller, a machine gunner with the 1st Marine Division, trudges wearily to the rear after 19 days on the line and the successful attack on Hill 660 during the fighting on New Britain. 🪖
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