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Yesterday — 13 November 2025Main stream

He Died at a School for Disabled People. Decades Later, His Brother Sought Answers.

12 November 2025 at 23:11
John Scott was rarely spoken of in his family after he was placed in an institution. After a half-century, his youngest brother set out to learn who he was and what happened to him.

© Lucy Lu for The New York Times

John Scott had a severe form of spina bifida. He was 18 days old when he was admitted to the Walter E. Fernald State School in Waltham, Mass.
Before yesterdayMain stream

The Volunteer Buglers Giving 24-Note Salutes

11 November 2025 at 16:00
Thousands of musicians — civilians, veterans, teenagers, retirees — are playing taps at military funerals in a rebuke of technology.

© Wes Frazer for The New York Times

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