Reading Was Not Always Considered Good For You

In 1775, the city of Leipzig banned a novel. It also banned the clothes. Goethe’s ‘The Sorrows of Young Werther’ had appeared the year before, and young men across Europe had taken to dressing as its hero in a blue jacket and a yellow waistcoat.…

Russian Attacks Kill 8 In Ukraine, Cut Power To Over 1 Million

In northwestern Volyn region, which borders Poland, a Russian drone struck a food-processing facility, killing one person and injuring eight others, Governor Roman Romaniuk said. Handout via REUTERS Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least eight people and injured around 60 on Friday, October 16,…