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An Afghan who fought against Soviet forces still visits a museum celebrating the resistance, but, in keeping with rules by ...

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The Apple TV sci-fi series about the 1960s space race, For All Mankind, presents an alternate history where the Soviet Union lands the first human on the Moon.

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Holly Christensen remembers a time when militarized officers only visited city neighborhoods during emergencies.

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The one-of-a-kind event happened on the same ice where the historic game took place in 1980, using state-of-the-art hologram ...