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Ida and Isidor Straus died after she gave up her spot in a lifeboat to stay with him on the sinking Titanic. Their great-great-granddaughter Wendy Rush is married to Stockton Rush, the founder of OceanGate and pilot of its missing submersible.

National

The wife of OceanGate's CEO is descended from a famous couple who died on the Titanic

1:38pm June 22, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Stockton Rush, OceanGate's CEO and the pilot on its missing sub, is married to the great-great-granddaughter of Ida and Isidor Straus. Their story inspired an iconic scene in James Cameron's movie.

Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss, by Margaret Renkl

'Late Migrations' Essays Create A Jeweled Patchwork Of Nature And Culture

10:20am July 12, 2019

by Barbara J. King

New York Times columnist Margaret Renkl astonishes with her essays, a woven tapestry that makes one of all the world's beings that strive to live — and, in one way or another, face mortality.

National

A Family Tree With Roots Deep In Slavery

2:35pm November 21, 2018

by Nabil Ayers

At first, the results of Nabil Ayers' DNA test made him feel less black than ever. But months later, those results uncovered his ties to a unique and specific black experience.

The updated avian tree shows how many different kinds of birds evolved quickly after a mass extinction 66 million years ago.

Birds Of A Feather Aren't Necessarily Related

5:25pm December 18, 2014

by Geoff Brumfiel

Geneticists have revised the evolutionary tree of birds, revealing some unlikely relationships.

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Human Interest

Retelling the Old to Grow the Future

11:34am April 26, 2013

Sisters Jackie Jeffers Gant and Betty Jeffers live in Winston-Salem.