On July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project yields explosive results as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Plans for the creation of a uranium bomb by the Allies were established as early as 1939, when Italian emigre physicist Enrico Fermi met with U.S. Navy department officials at Columbia University to discuss the useContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesday: The First Atomic Bomb Test is Successfully Exploded – 1945”
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Torn from her family at birth, a woman brings a skatepark to her homeland
Amy Denet Deal lived for decades not knowing her birth family. After leaving her high-paying fashion job to reconnect with her ancestral homeland in Navajo Nation, she is looking to give back. by Roman Stubbs NEWCOMB, N.M. — The wind rolled off the Chuska Mountains and along the desert floor, whipping red dust and tumbleweedContinue reading “Torn from her family at birth, a woman brings a skatepark to her homeland”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
by Mark Sherman WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic. After deliberating more than six months,Continue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma”
US Puts Attention on Forced Organ Harvesting
by Eva Fu The House passage of the bipartisan Falun Gong Protection Act marks new U.S. attention on a human rights abuse that many lawmakers have described as barbaric: Beijing’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting. It was the first-ever such bill to directly address the abuse directed at practitioners of Falun Gong, a meditation practice centeredContinue reading “US Puts Attention on Forced Organ Harvesting”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: What causes migraines? Study of ‘brain blackout’ offers clues
The blinding headaches are poorly understood — a mouse study suggests that the content of spinal fluid is a trigger for pain. by Miryam Naddaf For one billion people worldwide, the symptoms can be debilitating: throbbing head pain, nausea, blurred vision and fatigue that can last for days. But how brain activity triggers these severest of headachesContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: What causes migraines? Study of ‘brain blackout’ offers clues”
Travel Thursdays: The First Dueling Water Coaster On The West Coast Just Opened In Idaho And It’s The Perfect Summer Adventure
by Courtnie Erickson For me, summer means one thing — water fun! Whether it is time at the lake or the water park, I love spending a summer day in the water. Now, there is even more to be excited about as Silverwood Theme Park’s Boulder Beach Water Park has expanded and is now home to theContinue reading “Travel Thursdays: The First Dueling Water Coaster On The West Coast Just Opened In Idaho And It’s The Perfect Summer Adventure”
US sanctions Boeing for sharing information about 737 Max 9 investigation
by Michelle Chapman Boeing is being sanctioned by U.S. investigators for sharing information about a federal investigation of a door plug blowout that left a gaping hole in a Boeing 737 Max 9. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that Boeing “blatantly violated” the agency’s investigative regulations as well as a signed agreement byContinue reading “US sanctions Boeing for sharing information about 737 Max 9 investigation”
History Lesson Tuesdays: Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in 1776
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and its king. The declaration came 442 days after the first volleys of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts and marked an ideological expansion of the conflict that would eventually encourage France’s interventionContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in 1776”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 6 Good Habits That Might Cause Premature Aging
When does something healthy become unhealthy? When you do it too much, to the exclusion of other choices by Leslie Goldman Like most of us, you’ve probably been hit over the head for the past few years with the “power of habits”: the idea that locking in some simple, healthy everyday behaviors will set youContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: 6 Good Habits That Might Cause Premature Aging”
True Crime Sundays: Not forgotten in North Idaho: Brian Shookman
by Kaye Thornbrugh Since he disappeared without a trace in 2012, there has been no sign of Brian Shookman. But his family has never stopped searching for him. “I think about what my brother would do if it was one of us,” said Lewiston resident Jennifer Anselmo, Shookman’s sister. “He would keep going for us.” Continue reading “True Crime Sundays: Not forgotten in North Idaho: Brian Shookman”
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