Ms. Franklin is the author of the forthcoming “The Many Lives of Anne Frank.” “Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. … Families are torn apart; men, women and children ...

Before she died of typhus at 15 inside the German concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, Anne Frank lived just over two years inside a secret 45-square meter (484-square foot) annex atop an Amsterdam ...

She is the Anne Frank of Gaza, a child whose final moments should haunt the conscience of the world. Just as Anne’s diary bore witness to the horrors of Nazi persecution, Hind’s last phone ...

By Lola Fadulu Good morning. It’s Monday. We’ll look at a new Anne Frank exhibition opening in the city today, which is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. A new Anne Frank exhibition ...

The title of Ruth Franklin’s The Many Lives of Anne Frank exudes a tragic and no doubt purposeful irony. A melding of biography, literary exegesis and cultural history, this volume in the Yale ...

After an All-Star weekend where there was no news regarding NBA expansion, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell teased the potential return of the SuperSonics during his State of the City address on ...

Meanwhile, Seattle SuperSonics icon Gary Payton, who is eager to be part of a future NBA ownership group in Seattle, remains optimistic about the city's NBA return. "We’ve been frustrated for ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet went out in style on Monday (Feb. 10). The XB-1 broke the sound barrier three times during its 13th and final test flight, which lifted off Monday from the Mojave Air ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde after acing its 11th test and reaching 0.95 Mach at low altitudes. The ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 took its last test flight on Monday. The aircraft started its flight around 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 10. It was the 13th and final flight for the aircraft ...

That’s because the faster an aircraft flies, the more it is energy-intensive. Supersonics use powerful, narrow engines to produce the high thrust needed to break the sound barrier. But the ...

A US company's prototype jet has broken the sound barrier in a demonstration it hopes will pave the way for a successor to the Concorde. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first civilian aircraft to ...