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Wait ... the Underground Railroad ran across the Rio Grande? A lost story surfaces.
The Christian Science Monitor· 4 hours agoMs. Bravo was raised along the U.S.-Mexico border in Hidalgo County, Texas. Before emancipation,...
Deadly heat sets alarm bells ringing over Paris Olympics
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoFrance is trying to make the Paris Olympics “green” and one green measure is not using air...
New project breaks ground at site of failed Chicago Spire
NBC Chicago· 1 day agoA 72-story residential building will go up in its place. "It has been a very, very long time," Don...
At the Olympics, a murky question for the Seine: Will it be clean enough to swim in?
New York Times· 1 day agoTemporary stadiums are rising at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, in the plaza next to the Orangerie...
How Harriet Tubman relied on nature to bring the enslaved to freedom
Washington Post· 2 days agoTubman’s life, Frederick Douglass’s words are the most perceptive. Douglass named “the midnight sky...
Lewiston-Auburn's treatment plant turns 50. Its legacy: A cleaner, healthier Androscoggin River
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJun. 16—LEWISTON — While he wasn't around to see it 50 years ago, Travis Peaslee has heard all the horror stories about the filthy condition of the Androscoggin River. One ...
Sandbox VR Opens First Florida Location June 27 in the Grand Central District
Morningstar· 6 days agoSandbox VR, a full-body virtual reality entertainment experience, is pleased to announce the grand opening of its first Florida location on Thursday, June 27, in St. Petersburg ...
GPS Fencing for Dogs is the Invisible Fence All Dog Owners Need
Men's Journal· 6 days agoWhile these products became a household name thanks to systems with an underground buried wire,...
Junk removal company cited for illegally dumping in San Joaquin County orchard
ABC 10 Sacramento· 6 days agoIf Dusty D's Junk Removal traveled 12 miles up Highway 26 on Sunday, they would have ended up at San...
Illinois is hit with cicada chaos. This is what it's like to see, hear and feel billions of bugs
The Bismarck Tribune· 4 days agoCicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the...