With Memorial Day tomorrow and Tom Cruise’s latest ‘Mission: Impossible’ film in theaters, we shift the focus from action heroes to real heroes, including the U.S. and Canadian 1st Special Service Force, which sustained high casualties during World War II.

Le Creuset’s soup pot is similar in function to the brand’s traditional Dutch oven. It’s likewise made of enameled cast iron, but it has sloped sides and a see-through glass lid, rather than the straight sides and cast iron lid that characterize the latter. They say a watched pot never boils, but a watched pot also never boils over.

Among the speakers were descendants of Navajo Code Talkers, the Marines who used their ancestral language to create an unbreakable code during World War II, a Navajo woman veteran and Michael Welsh, deputy director for the Phoenix VA health care system.

Amazon’s Memorial Day sale 2025 includes outlet super discounts under $20. We picked out the best holiday deals on summer clothes, cooling sheets, kitchen essentials, and more. Score up to 63 percent

We shopped Williams Sonoma’s Memorial Day sale and found top brands for up to 59% off. Save over $320 on Le Creuset, Staub, Ooni, Zwilling, and more.

According to Lamont’s office, more than 68 million people visited Connecticut in 2023, up 2% from the prior year.

An unusual May nor’easter was pulling away from New England on Friday after soaking the region and setting some record cold temperatures. Massachusetts and Rhode Island received the most rain, getting at least several inches.

Houston’s public pools are opening just in time for Memorial Day weekend, giving residents a chance to cool off and kick off the season with a splash.From Saturday, May 24 through Monday, May 26, several city pools will be open across Houston.