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Book Review: ‘Hotel Ukraine’ wraps up the late Martin Cruz Smith’s detective Renko book series on a high

“Hotel Ukraine” is the 11th and final installment in the Arkady Renko series by Martin Cruz Smith (Simon & Schuster via AP) Arkady Renko now fumbles with his keys at the door as his Parkinson’s disease gradually […]

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This week in history: July 3-9

The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. (John Trumbull via Wikipedia) July 31863: The pivotal three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended in a major […]