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A San Jose couple's Hawaiian honeymoon ended in tragedy this month on the island of Oahu.Steven Phan, 49, had been married for three months when he and his new wife, Brittany, traveled to the islands to celebrate their nuptials.Phan, an avid traveler, vanished June 1 while snorkeling off Electric Beach, a popular destination on southwestern Oahu 25 miles from Honolulu.

At 12, Theodore Kanamine's life drastically changed.Under United States order, Kanamine and his family hurriedly packed up their North Hollywood home and were bused to a prison camp in Arkansas.Kanamine no longer saw Walt Disney showing local children unfinished cartoons in his studio.Instead, barb wire decorated the perimeter and guard towers kept a close watch on prisoners.

"My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for president."And he'd grin.Always that friendly, down-home grin.That's how the Georgia peanut farmer and former governor began every campaign speech I heard during the unique election year of 1976.And I heard many of them while covering Carter for The Times from early January through the Democratic convention in mid-July.

A meme that cast Dave Brandt as a stereotypical farmer reached cultural ubiquity on social media sites like Reddit.Brandt's death last week sent ripples through both real and virtual spaces that looked to Brandt as a symbol of honest work in the modern age.Reddit The death of David Brandt, an Ohio agricultural giant who became the face of a popular meme, is sending shockwaves through two communities, both of whom are remembering him fondly for the opposite messages he came to represent.

The White House announced on Thursday that the Pentagon would be providing Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Kyiv, which offer Ukrainian soldiers greater protection and firepower than any of the trucks or armored personnel carriers the West has sent to date.Although President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has long asked for U.S.-made tanks, the White House has resisted sending them, citing the amount of time required to train soldiers to employ them in combat and also to maintain and repair them.

The year was 2010, the last vestige of time in which, when the beat dropped in the club, there would be thousands of hands in the air simultaneously cutting through the laser lights instead of holding up little glowing bars to film it.Swedish House Mafia, the superstar DJ trio comprising Steve Angello, Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso, had taken over the world with their euphoric Eurodance bangers, and those who'd managed to get into their residency night at Pacha, the superclub in Ibiza's Mediterranean Old Town, knew that they were at the centre of the island's best party.

Casey Hayden, an important organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during its push for civil rights in the early 1960s and the co-author of two papers that called out sexism within that organization and in society in general documents that are credited with helping to inspire second-wave feminism died on Jan. 4 in Arizona.

Lewis Palumbo has given a lifetime of service to his country and community.He celebrated his 91st birthday, along with his wife of 72 years, Virginia, this past June.The Tampa Bay Lightning honored Palumbo on the ice with the honor guard before their game against the San Jose Sharks on February 7.
Lewis's longtime friend, Ken Muzyk, brought him to the game and surprised him with the honor.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday will officially designate a new national monument in Southern Nevada at a conservation event, according to a White House official.At more than 506,000 acres, the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument will be one of the largest tracts of land to come under federal protection so far during Biden's presidency, and will act to preserve Nevada's Spirit Mountain and the desert around it.

WALDOBORO, Maine  Clam diggers visit Elaine and Ralph Johnston's hardware store in the coastal town of Waldoboro for shellfish rakes and waders.Since Russia invaded Ukraine, they have also been able to pick up a more unusual item: the Ukrainian flag, sold for $15.99.Across Maine, the yellow and blue banner  yellow symbolizing the plentiful wheat fields of Ukraine, blue, the sky overhead  flutters from flagpoles.

The Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11, 2019 in New York City.Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images We dug into the NPR Books archives to find stories of combat and coping.Scroll down to explore novels, memoirs and poetry by veterans, as well as chronicles of war and returning from war  both historical and present day: 'Half American' explores how Black WWII servicemen were treated better abroad Though more than one million Black Americans contributed to the war effort, historian Matthew Delmont says a military uniform offered no protection from racism.

Louis Vuitton has invited for a second time, world renowned artist Yayoi Kusama to create a new collection.Kusama, who is 93 years old and lives in Japan, has received international acclaim and exposure in the last 15 years, now making her one of the most popular artists in the world.She is known for painting and creating infinity rooms with colored dots.

Charles Silverstein (left) and his partner of 20 years, William Bory, smile at the camera in the 1970s.Silverstein dedicated his work to helping LGBTQ people live without shame.Rutgers Oral History Archives Charles Silverstein, a psychologist and therapist who played a key role in getting homosexuality declassified as a mental illness, died Jan. 30 at 87.

Written by Ashley Strickland, CNN In Snap, we look at the power of a single photograph, chronicling stories about how both modern and historical images have been made.On Christmas Eve in 1972, humanity received a gift: A portrait of the Earth as a vivid globe.Clouds swirl over the vast African continent and south polar ice cap, all set against the deep blue of our world's oceans.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A student who started a PhD in 1970 has finally graduated more than 50 years later.Dr Nick Axten, 76, said he needed a long hard think over the intervening decades.

President Joe Biden was asked about the Republican probes into his son Hunter Biden and other family, and confidently torpedoed the idea anyone will care about them.Woodruff asked Biden about the political climate, and the president expressed optimism but he quickly shot down the prospect that the probes into his family would hurt him with Americans: Judy Woodruff: You came to Washington, to the Senate, 50 years ago.

Local White was a longtime Bolton resident.He died in Oregon on Dec. 17.Bill White, the longtime Bolton resident who lost his leg during the Boston Marathon bombings at the age of 71, died on Dec. 17 in Oregon.He was 81 years old.A veteran of the Vietnam War, White described the bombings as a "life changing" event in an essay published by Rider Magazine, an alumni publication of his alma mater, Rider University.

The Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is the subject of a major retrospective at the M+ museum in Hong Kong (until 14 May 2023).To accompany the show, the museum and Thames & Hudson have published an extensive and lusciously illustrated catalogue.The artist, who is now in her 90s and voluntarily living in a psychiatric hospital, discusses her latest creative output, which seemingly continues unabated.

Bob Vanderberg was known for many things during nearly 37 years at the Chicago Tribune.A kind, generous and funny colleague who could light up a room despite his soft-spoken demeanor.A talented writer and strong, well-organized editor.A spot-on Harry Caray impersonator.A high school sports expert.And a Chicago White Sox fan and historian.