The 1950s gave us some truly bewildering gelatin-inspired culinary creations, from jellied hamburger loaves to 7-Up cheese aspic, and while it's easy to get smug about how far our food tastes have come, trends need to be understood within their social and historical context. For instance, the widespread appeal of these jiggly, jewel-toned dishes can be traced back to World War II.
Now, that's not to say that books are only good for a hit of escapism though to be clear, they can be terrific at that, as well. This week sees the release of several works of fiction that challenge or outright shrug off the hard rigors of the day-to-day, in pursuit of something far more out there: proof, at least in concept, that other worlds are possible.
United States President Donald Trump has praised a decision by the prestigious military academy West Point to cancel a ceremony honouring Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks, a frequent critic of Trump. Trump, who has sought to purge critics from government institutions and crack down on dissent, celebrated the move in a social media post on Monday. list of 3 itemsend of list Our great West Point (getting greater all the time!) has smartly cancelled the Award Ceremony for actor Tom Hanks. Important move! Trump said. We don't need destructive, WOKE recipients getting our cherished American Awards!!!
At first glance, these photos are nothing out of the ordinary, considering that a total of 17 million men were called up to fight in the Nazi army between 1939 and 1945. But these photos are unusual because they show citizens of Nazi-occupied Poland wearing the military uniform of the hated enemy's army.
It was underground here that, 80 years ago, one of the world's most infamous villains swallowed a cyanide capsule and fired a bullet into his brain. It was here that Adolf Hitler spent his last living moments. The site is known in German as the Fuhrerbunker, a subterranean bomb shelter that the Nazis built to protect their leader and his top henchmen from air raids during World War II.
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2025. There are 119 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 3, 1783, representatives of the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized U.S. sovereignty. Also on this date: In 1861, during the Civil War, Confederate forces invaded the border state of Kentucky, which had declared its neutrality in the conflict. In 1894, the United States celebrated the first federal Labor Day holiday.
Shortly after the Wright brothers' first successful manned flight in 1903, the potential military applications of aviation technology became increasingly apparent. In 1907, the U.S. Army established the Army Signal Corps, a small division devoted to aeronautics. By 1912, the Signal Corps had nine aircraft and an annual budget of $125,000-about $4 million in current dollars. Investment in the Signal Corps ballooned during the First World War, a conflict defined in part by the deployment of military aircraft for reconnaissance, tactical support,
The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is one of the newest destroyers in the U.S. Navy, designed as part of a next-generation class of multi-mission warships. It features an integrated electric propulsion system, a wave-piercing tumblehome hull, and advanced stealth technology that reduces its radar signature. Construction began in 2009, and the ship was launched in 2013 before undergoing extensive trials, ultimately entering service in 2016. Though only three Zumwalt-class ships were built, they represent a major step in naval innovation aimed at maintaining U.S. maritime superiority.
Killing from the sky has long offered the sort of detachment that warfare on the ground can't match. Far from its victims, air power remains the height of modernity. And yet, as the monk Thomas Merton concluded in a poem, using the voice of a Nazi commandant, "Do not think yourself better because you burn up friends and enemies with long-range missiles without ever seeing what you have done."
US Vice President JD Vance has faced widespread ridicule on social media after claiming in a televised interviewthat World War II ended through negotiation, while defending US President Donald Trump's diplomatic approach in the Russia-Ukraine war. "World War II ended with Germany and Japan's unconditional surrender, not negotiation," an account called "Republicans against Trump" posted on X,sharing a snippet of the Vance interview.
"When it's all done and Dad lists the things he wants to be remembered for ... his first first thing would be that he's a man of faith," she told the Beatrice Daily Sun, a southeast Nebraska newspaper that first reported McPherson died on Aug. 14. "It hasn't been till these later years in his life that he's had so many honors and medals," she said.
In December 1942, the first experiment to achieve a sustained nuclear reaction occurred beneath the University of Chicago in a reactor called 'Chicago Pile 1.' This marked confirmation of Szilard's theoretical idea of nuclear chain reactions, where a reactions can continue and sustain itself.
