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by Laura Hall BBC I’m in a Copenhagen bakery, standing in line for sugar-dusted slices of lemon cake, delicately plaited cardamom buns and golden-brown cinnamon swirls. When I reach the front of the queue, I’m ready to order in simple Danish. But then I hit a snag: in this country, there is no …
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by Amanda Ruggeri BBC Anthropologist Gandhi Yetish remembers the bedtime ritual he had as a child during cold New Jersey winters. He would open his window, letting the frigid air rush in and cool his face. He’d quickly feel drowsier, though he’d wonder what his mother would say about the heating bill. …
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By Eliot Stein BBC Every year, millions of travelers set out on the Pacific Coast Highway to twist and turn their way along, one of the US’s most stunning roads, as it hugs the entire California coastline. But chances are, few of these road-trippers realize that hidden here on a secluded headland 90 …
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by US Census Bureau The share of the world population age 65 and older is projected to nearly double from 10.5 percent to 19.6 percent between 2025 and 2060, according to a new report released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The report, An Aging World 2025, finds that the global population is …
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by Kevin Burton Talk about making an entrance! Molly Connah was one day past her due date, and seated comfortably in a movie theatre when her baby daughter decided the time was right for her earthly debut. Details now from BBC reporter Antonia Matthews: “A woman gave birth in a cinema …
Continue reading “Baby Elsie Steals The Show At Movie Theatre”
by Kevin Burton Ukrainian Center Kate Koval has signed with Baylor basketball, after leaving LSU and tone-deaf coach Kim Mulkey. Mulkey, a four-time national championship coach, signed Russian center Anna Minaeva for the 2026-27 season, creating obvious tensions within the LSU locker room. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 without provocation and …
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by Kevin Burton The song that topped the pop chart 50 years ago today was for me, a guilty pleasure. “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” by Elton John and Kiki Dee was an international smash. In addition to the US, it was number 1 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Rhodesia, South Africa, …
by Dictionary Scoop American English has influenced global vocabulary for more than a century through movies, advertisements, literature, music, businesses, and technology. Some words that began as distinctly American expressions eventually became common almost everywhere, even in places where English is not an official language. Here are 12 Americanisms have crossed oceans and …
by Kevin Burton How to wrap one’s heart and empathetic mind around the heartbreak for England as it coughed up a late lead to lose 2-1 to Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals Wednesday? Think of a Cleveland basketball fan watching Michael Jordan sink a jumper over Craig Ehlo in the 1989 playoffs …
by Eliot Stein BBC Ask most Americans and they’ll tell you that the United States started in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 when the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. But chances are, almost none of those coming realizes that the US’s political and ideological birthplace was once part of a little-known …
