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My father and I spent much of our careers in institutions that were either in a conservative position or in conflict over ...

A noblewoman from a prominent house in the Kingdom of Hungary, Elizabeth Bathory was famously tried and convicted for killing hundreds of women and girls over a twenty-year period. Four of her ...

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After an attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire, dialogue and peace in the ...

A big week for crypto after the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives cleared key procedural hurdles on ...