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A painful project for France: a museum on the ravages of terrorism

France has lost almost 300 people and had more than 1,000 injured in more than 50 terrorist attacks in the last ten years. The country is planning a new museum […]

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Local jokester turns his ‘emotional support beer’ into reality for charity

Floyd Hayes of Brooklyn registered his beer as an emotional support animal as a joke. Then breweries started to contact him. Now there is indeed Emotional Support Beer — and buying it raises money for service dogs for veterans and first responders.

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Bonnie Harris, Gander SPCA, remembers Unga, bonobo who landed at Gander in 2001

Bonnie Harris was the manager of the Gander and Area SPCA in 2001. She remembers caring for the animals aboard the stranded flights after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 closed United States airspace, including Unga, the bonobo chimp who died last week.

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