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Bess Wohl's play "Liberation," a look at second-wave feminism, and musical "Schmigadoon!" earned the top prizes on Sunday at the 79th Tony Awards, the highest honors in American theater.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Walker has told several people she met Epstein and Trump at the Plaza Hotel in the early 1990s after graduating with honors from the University of Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The dinosaur's name honors the traditions of the Aonikenk people, the southernmost group of the Indigenous Tehuelche peoples of Patagonia.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Contreras is Hesperia High’s valedictorian and earned All Mojave River League honors in cross-country her senior year by taking eighth at league finals in a time of 20 minutes, 49 seconds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Instead, a female Soviet cosmonaut with far less flight experience took the honors of being the first woman in space.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson