In France, Hegseth invokes immigration and “invasion” in D-Day remarks

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day anniversary speech on Saturday to appear to link immigration by sea to the wartime liberation of Europe, warning that the freedom won by Allied troops could prove temporary if leaders failed to defend it. Hegseth, speaking at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer in northwestern France during …

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From the archives: “Ragtime” debuts on Broadway

Based on E.L. Doctorow’s kaleidoscopic novel, the musical “Ragtime” tells a sweeping story of a changing America at the turn of the 20th century. In this Jan. 18, 1998 “Sunday Morning” report from the day of the show’s New York opening (which also marked the debut of the Ford Center for the Performing Arts), Charles …

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Missing Auburn University student in Japan found dead, mother says

Missing Auburn University student James “Weston” Higginbotham was found dead outside of Kyoto, his mother said on Facebook Saturday. Higginbotham was found in a mountainous area by a volunteer search-and-rescue group, Nancy Higginbotham wrote. A cause of death or more details were not immediately available. Higginbotham, 20, was last seen on May 29. He, his …

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