The secret ingredient your salads are missing

By Melissa Clark, The New York Times My mother loved leftover salad. No matter what a long night in the fridge had inflicted upon the lettuce and the cress, she’d pile those saturated greens onto a toasted English muffin and swear it was a better breakfast than butter and jam….

Ukraines upbeat counter-push: Troops in touching distance of retaking airport

Ukrainian Forces Advance Towards Bakhmut From The Southwest Ukraine claimed to have retaken key strategic sites from Russia yesterday as it delivered an upbeat assessment of its counter-push. Deputy Defence minister Hanna Maliar said Kyiv’s forces had in the past week captured land around the eastern city of Bakhmut and…

Pedestrian killed in crash with motorist in Aurora late Sunday night

Police are investigating a Sunday night crash involving a motorist and a pedestrian in Aurora that left one person dead. The crash occurred on Peoria Street at about 10:20 p.m., closing the roadway from 19th Avenue to Montview Boulevard, the Aurora Police Department said on X, the social media platform…