Jeff Schaeffer, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

World War II reenactors gather on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France Monday, June 6, 2022, the day of 78th anniversary of the assault that helped bring an end to World War II. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

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Joy, sadness intertwine at Normandy’s D-Day commemorations

by Sylvie Corbet The Associated Press, and Jeff Schaeffer The Associated PressJune 6, 2022

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Joy and sadness in acute doses poured out Monday on the beaches of Normandy.As several dozen D-Day veterans — now all in their 90s — set foot on the sands that claimed so many colleagues, they are thankful for the…

World War II reenactors gather on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France Monday, June 6, 2022, the day of 78th anniversary of the assault that helped bring an end to World War II. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

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Crowds honor WWII veterans at Normandy D-Day celebrations

by Sylvie Corbet The Associated Press, and Jeff Schaeffer The Associated PressJune 6, 2022

Prime minister and party leader of the Social Democrat party Stefan Löfven waves at an election party in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. Preliminary results of the 2018 Swedish parliamentary elections showed on Sunday night that Centre-Left bloc of the Social Democratic Party, the Green Party and Left party gained 40.7 percent of votes, narrowly heading in the race. The opposition Center-Right alliance bloc of the Moderate Party, the Centre Party, the Liberal Party and the...

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Uncertain outcome in Sweden’s close election

by Pietro Decristofaro Associated Press, and Jeff Schaeffer Associated PressSeptember 10, 2018