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‘That was the greatest day of all our lives’: The migrants who passed through Ellis Island

6 mn readIsabel Belarsky was one of the millions of people who were processed on Ellis Island before its immigration facility closed in 1954. In 2014, she told the BBC about reaching the gateway to the US from the Soviet Union in 1930. On 12 November 1954, a Norwegian seaman Arne Petterson was questioned by immigration officials […]

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Did Sony just confirm that Venom will be in Spider-Man 4?

2 mn readLast month, Marvel and Sony finally revealed that the follow-up to Spider-Man: No Way Home will hit theaters on July 24, 2026. It will likely be many more months before we learn anything of substance about Spider-Man 4, but two weeks ago, Sony Pictures Japan issued a press release (via The Cosmic Circus) that appears to point toward Tom Hardy’s Venom crossing over […]

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UN chief calls for slavery reparations to overcome ‘generations of discrimination’

2 mn readUnited Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday for reparations over the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle its legacy in today’s society, including systemic racism. From the 15th to the 19th century, at least 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped, forcibly transported by European ships and merchants and sold into slavery. […]

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Warren Buffett’s failures: 15 investing mistakes he regrets

7 mn readWarren Buffett is quite possibly the greatest investor of all time. For decades, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway — nicknamed the “Oracle of Omaha” — has shown his ability to read Wall Street like a book. He has a net worth of nearly $82 billion, according to Forbes, making him one of the richest people […]

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‘Bomb cyclone’ kills 2 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the US Northwest

3 mn readA major storm battered the U.S. Northwest with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people. The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks through Friday, and hurricane-force wind warnings were in effect as the strongest atmospheric river — a large plume of moisture […]

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A Federal Agent’s Laptop Held the Keys to Seize $3.6 Billion in Stolen Bitcoin. Here’s How It Ended Up at the Smithsonian

6 mn readA MacBook Pro laptop is the newest acquisition in the Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection, the collection of record for the United States monetary system. Though it may appear ordinary, its story is not: This MacBook helped the U.S. government trace and seize billions of dollars in stolen cryptocurrency. The laptop and the case around it […]

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