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Fact Check: Are Pirates Who Hijacked Measuring Tools Intended for Thomas Jefferson the Reason US...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 10 months agoericfoltz / Getty Images Claim: In the 1790s, piracy of a ship carrying metric standards intended...
Bridges history column: Texan Anson Jones, part 1
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTexas is one of four states to once have been an independent nation. Though only a short period in its long history, it has become a source of curiosity...
Oil futures slip 1% on worries about more U.S. interest rate hikes
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoBy Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices slid about 1% on Monday as strong U.S. economic...
Earthquakes in Rochester NY: Past quakes that have rattled upstate New York
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoEarthquakes, nearly all of them minor, are not uncommon in New York state. Here are some previous quakes that rattled the Rochester region, even if only with a nudge and a wink. April 23, 2023 ...
Best parishes to live in Louisiana
WGNO via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMore counties in the United States experienced population growth in the last year, according to the latest Census data, even as pandemic-related moving...
Planes carry medical kits. Here's why you may not rely on them in an emergency.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"How to travel better" is a five-part series focusing on uncomfortable or inefficient travel...
What Would You Do if You Knew Everyone on Your Flight? A Century Ago, Travelers Had the Right...
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWhen the British journalist Don Iddon boarded the S.S. United States in 1954, his first act was to...
From Texas to Massachusetts
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 1 month ago“Welcome to the nightmare in my brain,” said Heather Axford, director of Central American Legal Assistance, when I asked to interview her about a...
Today in History: October 17, Einstein arrives in the U.S.
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday in History Today is Monday, Oct. 17, the 290th day of 2022. There are 75 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 17, 1933, Albert Einstein arrived in the United States ...
Alarm sounded on illegal northern border crossings
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 3—GRAND ISLAND — Congressional Republicans are sounding the alarm on more frequent illegal crossings along the United States-Canada border. "These are really important issues that involve ...
