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GOP-led House faces RECA deadline on aid for Trinity Test victims
Axios· 6 days agoThe Republican-controlled U.S. House has just a few days to vote on a bipartisan Senate bill that would expand compensation for victims of the Trinity Test — the world's first atomic explosion ...
Missouri residents affected by radiation exposure push Congress to extend benefits
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWASHINGTON — A fund to compensate Americans sickened by exposure to atomic bomb tests, uranium...
Halo Reach remains a masterpiece of dread - and the greatest prequel story of all time
Eurogamer· 6 days agoThis piece contains spoilers for Halo: Reach. Since it was launched by Bungie in 2001, Microsoft's...
Violence spikes in Cali, Colombia, ahead of UN biodiversity meet
KPVI· 3 days agoThe city of Cali, associated with a particularly violent chapter of Colombia's deadly drug conflict,...
Timberwolves' offseason questions: Ownership fight, Tim Connelly and a looming bill
New York Times· 1 day agoAnthony Edwards sat down at a podium days before a Minnesota Timberwolves season filled with more...
The 1983 illegal fireworks explosion that left nearly a dozen dead in East Tennessee
WBIR-TV Knoxville· 5 days agoBenton is a quaint city of barely 1,500 residents. In 1983, it was the site of a massive explosion...
Lights for Peace: Flag honors New Bedford's Edward A. Baker, Merchant Marine killed in WWII
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThroughout May, the Lights for Peace flag at the Fort Taber - Fort Rodman Military Museum honored...
Meriden ceremony honors veterans
WTNH-TV New Haven· 3 days agoMERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Veterans were honored for their service on Wednesday during a special ceremony in Meriden. “Whether you served during peace or...
His grandfather was a ‘Beirut Marine.’ Now he’s graduating from Parris Island.
Task & Purpose· 2 days agoMarine Sgt. William H. Pollard, 24, was one of the 241 U.S. troops killed in the Oct. 23, 1983...
New Nevada experiments will boost monitoring of nuke blasts
Elko Daily Free Press· 5 days agoRecently, scientists detonated 16.3 tons of TNT at the Nevada test site, sending out seismic,...