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The Americans With Disabilities Act Turned 32 This Year: Learn Its History

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On July 13, 1990, congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), landmark legislation for the approximately 40.7 million Americans living with disabilities — a community that has been fighting for its members’ civil rights for decades. The ADA followed other legal triumphs, such as The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, previously passed in 1972 but […]

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Group of people with disabilities stand and communicate with mobile phone, laptop. Vector illustration

US Navy’s Blue Angels Selects Its First Female Jet Pilot for Aerial Acrobatic Team

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Besides being able to maneuver a Super Hornet strike fighter jet at speeds over 1,200 mph, Lt. Amanda Lee has achieved the distinct honor of becoming the first woman ever to do so with the famed Blue Angels’ aerial acrobatic team. One of six new recruits to the U.S. Navy’s famous flight show team, Lee

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The Blue Angels fly in formation over the San Francisco Bay, with Treasure Island and the city of Oakland in the background.

Friends Appreciate Being Reached Out to More Than We Think, Study Finds

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If you’d like to text an old friend but worry they won’t appreciate the gesture, new research might compel you to hit “send.” In a paper published by the American Psychological Association (APA), researchers found people consistently underestimate how much others in their social circle appreciate a surprise check-in. What’s more, the more unexpected the

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Senior Asian woman smiles and uses smartphone to communicate with her friends at home near window with plants

Why the Price of Arizona Iced Tea Remains 99 Cents Despite Inflation

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Don Vultaggio began Arizona Beverages in May of 1992, creating the now-ubiquitous iced tea can with a 99-cent stamp indicating its affordable price. Thirty years later, that stamp has remained — and despite soaring inflation across the U.S., it’s not going away anytime soon. In April, Vultaggio told Today that his consumer-focused strategy, which places

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Domenick "Don" Vultaggio, chairman of Beverage Marketing USA, parent company of AriZona Iced Tea

Music May Improve Mental Health as Much as Exercise, Research Shows

Culture, Health / 3 min. read

Hit the gym or press play — new findings suggest pumping up the jams could be as powerful for your mental state as pumping iron. Any music lover may tell you that bopping along to your favorite song is a surefire way to feel better, but a scientific review published in JAMA concludes that music’s

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Meet the NFL Player-Turned-Neurosurgeon

Culture, Humanity / 3 min. read

This article was updated on September 6, 2023 Myron Rolle’s secret to achieving his myriad accomplishments — being named a Rhodes Scholar to study at Oxford, playing in the NFL, and pursuing a career as a neurosurgeon — is taking things one step at a time. He spent two seasons in the NFL, with the

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Attending Festivals Can Increase Connection to Humanity, Study Shows

Culture, Humanity / 3 min. read

Many a Burning Man attendee has been known to wax rhapsodic about their experiences communing in the desert. And that type of passion is well documented throughout history — sociologist Émile Durkheim called the self-transcending effects of mass gatherings “collective effervescence.” Now, a study out of Yale suggests that the transformative impact of festivals persists

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Young woman with blonde hair is dancing with her friends in a performance tent at a music festival. She has her arms outstretched and is watching the performance.

WWII Ship Found Off Philippines Coast Is World’s Deepest Wreck Ever Discovered

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Explorers have identified the remains of the USS Samuel B. Roberts, known as the ”Sammy B” — the deepest shipwreck ever discovered. The ship, which had broken into two pieces, was located on a slope over 22,600 feet, or four miles, deep in the waters off the island of Samar, Philippines. The U.S. Navy destroyer escort

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a black and white photo of the WWII ship on the water before it sunk and became the world's deepest shipwreck

Rare Painting Once Traded for a Grilled Cheese in the 1970s Sells for $272,548

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It seems unlikely that a humble grilled cheese could be worth over a quarter of a million dollars, but one sandwich that Irene Demas cooked up in the 1970s really was — though in quite a roundabout way. This epic fable of food, art, and fate began in Canada at an Ontario restaurant called The

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Students’ Letter Writing Campaign Successfully Boosts Animal Shelter Adoptions

Culture, Humanity / 2 min. read

By putting pencil (and crayon) to paper, an elementary school class honed their creative writing and drawing skills while also helping some overlooked shelter pets find adoptive homes. Second-grade teacher Kensey Jones was mulling over new writing assignment ideas for her students at St. Michael’s Episcopal School in Richmond, Virginia. Jones had become a volunteer

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