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Arrested and Unarmed, He Led a Cavalry Charge and Became the First Italian-American Medal of Honor Recipient

On June 17, 1863, Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was forced to watch his men get slaughtered near the village of Aldie, Virginia. Just hours earlier, his superior officer had placed him under arrest for ...
American Library Association

‘A Guardian and a Thief,’ ‘Things in Nature Merely Grow’ receive 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction”

A Guardian and a Thief,” by Megha Majumdar wins 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and “Things in Nature Merely Grow,” by Yiyun Li, wins the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for ...
NPR

America's top figure skaters dazzled St. Louis. I left with a new love for the sport.

I'll admit it: this past week was my first real foray into competitive figure skating. Only later did it dawn on me — much to my regret — that I'd been blissfully unaware I was rubbing elbows with ...
Business Times

HSBC plans risk transfer linked to 2 billion euros of corporate loans

[LONDON] HSBC is gauging investor demand for a significant risk transfer (SRT), tied to a portfolio of about two billion euros (S$3 billion) of investment-grade corporate loans. The size of the SRT is ...