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When most people think of tiaras, they picture royalty or brides, not the military; however, the unique headpiece has a place in the history of the US armed forces.At one time, three branches of the armed forces offered tiaras to servicewomen for formal events, and the Navy still permits them…
I grew up in a small town in eastern North Carolina. After high school, I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.I went to Philly for college and fell in love with big-city life. So when I came back South after graduation, I moved to the largest city in North…
In 2017, I moved from Los Angeles to Panama to teach English.My first year in the country was filled with excitement. I was based in Panama City, and I found it easy to make friends through the many dance classes and meet-ups.My social life felt full, and most weekends were…
While some live for the city hustle, others find the best place to be somewhere quiet, calm, and away from urban chaos.As more Americans turn to rural towns and suburbs to settle down in, local charm is regaining its luster.A recent WalletHub study surveyed 1,318 small cities across the US…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation between writer Jennifer Jane and her mom, Jane Post. It has been edited for length and clarity.After moving out of the home I loved and lived in for 31 years, it took me a few years to settle on a housing situation…
I always get a kick out of people’s reactions when I bring up what I’ve come to think of as “mini crimes” against big businesses — small acts of deviance that average shoppers commit without really even thinking about it. At first, there’s usually denial: “No, I would never engage…
After listening to my son try and convince me that he absolutely needed whatever the latest toy was that he was fixated on, I replied with, “That sounds like a want, not a need. You can use your money to buy it.”He told me he didn’t have enough cash. At…
When my wife and I moved from Calgary to Nelson, British Columbia, in 2017, we thought we knew what we were signing up for. We wanted a slower pace, more nature, and a place where our kids could grow up with freedom and space to explore. What we didn’t fully…
Russia has been using its medium-sized drones to fly smaller drones packed with explosives into combat, extending their range and creating deadly new problems for Ukrainian forces.Ukrainian soldiers who described the tactic to Business Insider said that Moscow uses its fixed-wing Molniya (“lightning” in Russian) drones to carry small first-person-view…
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