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Over the course of his career, Elie Wiesel published more than 40 works of fiction and nonfiction. Here are five of his most defining works.

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The Center for Children and Families is a Ouachita Parish-based non-profit that serves the ArkLaMiss region. In 2025, they served 90 children who were victims of trafficking. Louis B. Mayer, an MGM ...

In October 1961, the Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever built. With a yield of 50 megatons, it was about 3,800 times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.