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Israeli troops catapult fireball into Lebanon using weapon rarely used since 16th century
CNN via AOL· 7 days agoIsraeli troops have used a medieval-style catapult to toss fireballs across the border into Lebanon, as fighting ramps up between Israel and the Iran-backed Islamist group Hezbollah.
What’s happening in Portland for Juneteenth? Find out about tomorrow's events
KATU Portland· 2 days agoNational Independence to celebrate the freeing of enslaved Americans. Historians say that even though the Emancipation Proclamation "freed" slaves in 1863 many enslaved people in Confederate ...
New York City man 'lived' the Constitution for a year. Here are 7 things he learned
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA.J. Jacobs, author of the book "The Year of Living Constitutionally," shared with Fox News Digital...
Earth from space: Trio of ringed ice caps look otherworldly on Russian Arctic islands
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThis 2018 satellite photo of ice caps on the Arctic islands of Russia's Severnaya Zemlya archipelago...
On this day in history, June 14, 1777, Congress adopts 'Stars and Stripes' flag, the 'new...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoOn this day in history, June 14, 1777, the nation adopted the U.S. flag. Here's more on the history...
Gaza, the Quran and the Torah: Is the Middle East conflict now a religious war?
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBut Theodore Herzl, the 19th-century founder of modern Zionism, was an entirely secular figure and...
Fact Check: About That Alleged Pic of Demodex Mites That Live on Human Faces
Snopes via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThis difference in scale, however, is not immediately obvious when dealing with a close-up image...
What’s in a name? In Ireland, a host of letters that Americans find hard to pronounce - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 7 days agoThe Merriam-Webster account on X, known for snappier and snarkier posts than are usually associated...
Tavares Strachan, Hayward Gallery, review: monuments to black history that raise awkward questions
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhile activists have pulled down statues to old white colonialists, Tavares Strachan prefers to...
Joe Friedberg, 'godfather' of Minnesota defense lawyers, dies at 87
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA titan of the Minnesota legal community has died. Joe Friedberg, who in more than 50 years as an...