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Welcome to Episode 5 of "Battles That Shaped Time: Turning Points in Warfare" In the summer of 955 AD, the fate of Europe balanced on a single battlefield -- the Lechfeld. For over 50 years, the Magyars had ravaged the continent, undefeated and unstoppable. But on this day, Emperor Otto I would gamble everything -- not just on steel, but on the fury of the skies. As a summer storm turned rivers into raging traps and mud swallowed armies whole, the battlefield became a crucible of destiny. This is the story of the day Europe's future was forged in thunder,...

[Catholic Caucus] Built with Faith, Renovated with Doubt: Notre-Dame de ParisIf you haven’t been to Paris, you haven’t been to Notre-Dame de Paris, which means you haven’t seen the north Rose Window. That’s it, further down this page.It was placed in the cathedral in around 1250 A.D. Amazingly and ever-so fortunately, the window survived the fire of April 15, 2019.As you may know, the great cathedral church of Paris is set to reopen in November – a remarkable turnaround and a testament to modern technology and the generosity of donors from around the world.Formerly known as the “first daughter of...

Ex-city Department of Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich allegedly ran a years-long scheme doling out political favors in exchange for more than $150,000 in bribes — including a $10,000 Mets season tickets package and a bespoke suit, Manhattan prosecutors alleged Wednesday. The charges against Ulrich, 38, span five indictments and relate to his time serving in three political posts — including his days as a Queens councilman and his stint as an adviser to Mayor Eric Adams, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said. Ulrich “monetized each and every elected role that he held in government,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said...

Filming his run for mayor didn’t work out so well for Anthony Weiner, but New York City Councilman Eric Ulrich is hoping for better luck. Mr. Ulrich, a Queens Republican who is considering challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio, began filming Wednesday for a possible reality show featuring his would-be run for mayor. Surrounded by a bevy of cameras, Mr. Ulrich said he wanted to avoid the fate of Mr. Weiner, a former New York City congressman, whose failed bid for mayor in 2013 was painstakingly chronicled in a feature-length documentary.

As disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner, once a major player in New York City politics and a prominent Democratic Party attack dog, enters the X-rated dustbin of history, the question of who will replace him in the state's ninth congressional district now takes center stage. Normally, the only question regarding Gotham congressional races is how left-wing the Democratic victor will be. In anything now regarding Anthony Weiner, the circumstances are hardly normal. On its surface, NY9 is bedrock Democrat. A Republican has not represented any portion of it in decades—and Weiner's predecessor was none other than his mentor, Sen. Chuck Schumer....

Viana do Castelo, June 29 (Lusa) - A German citizen arrested in Lisbon by the Judicial Police for alleged paedophilia lived for two decades in Vila Nova de Cerveira, which was viewed as benemérito and has even been bestowed with the Medal of Merit of the county. "Na altura [1994], estávamos longe de imaginar que esse cidadão [Ulrich Schulz] pudesse vir a ser indiciado pelo crime de pedofilia, tanto assim que a decisão de lhe atribuir a medalha de mérito mereceu a aprovação unânime do Executivo", disse, à Lusa, o presidente da Câmara de Vila Nova de Cerveira. "At the...

NEW YORK — The scandal engulfing the United Nations Procurement Department () now appears to be bottomless. It also shows signs of growing more sinister, especially where it involves a mysterious private company called IHC Services (), which did big business with the procurement department until it was removed from U.N. rosters in June. New details of how dark the scandal could prove to be have emerged from the private sale of IHC on June 3, 2005, just as the procurement scandal was about to break. It now appears that while doing business with the U.N., IHC had links both to Saddam...