MESCH, Netherlands — Walking arm-in-arm with the Dutch queen, American World War II veteran Kenneth Thayer returned Thursday to the tiny village that he and others in the 30th Infantry Division liberated from Nazi occupation exactly 80 years ago. Thayer, now 99, visited Mesch, a village of about 350 people in the hills close to the Netherlands’ borders with Belgium …
JUNEAU, Alaska — A children’s book illustrator from Alaska known for drawing mother-baby animal pairs like sea otters and wolves was dropped by his publisher this week after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes threatening children. Watley is best known as the illustrator for three children’s books written by his wife, including “I Would Tuck You In” and “You Are …
