46+ min ago  (788+ words) I had the opportunity this week to be in Philadelphia exactly 250 years after the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, which occurred on July 8, 1776. As I walked past the structure we call Independence Hall (originally called the Pennsylvania…...

12+ min ago  (497+ words) From 1945 to 1964, the United States, the U.S.S.R., the United Kingdom, France and China set off approximately 663 nuclear tests above ground into our world’s atmosphere, with the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. respectively testing 356 and 212 nuclear weapons between…...

11+ min ago  (778+ words) Randy Evans is executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes openness and transparency in Iowa’s state and local governments. He can be reached at [email protected]. This essay first appeared on his Substack…...

10+ hour, 53+ min ago  (56+ words) Clarksville and Montgomery County’s America’s 250th Celebration (153) Clarksville Online is a digital newspaper for the Clarksville-Montgomery County area. Clarksville Online provides the latest news, sports and entertainment information. For Clarksville News now it's Clarksville Online. The Voice of Clarksville Tennessee....

23+ min ago  (396+ words) IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – As part of a multi-year project called "Bringing War Home," professors and students from Utah State University partnered with the Museum of Idaho to host a roadshow on Saturday, July 11 to find wartime artifacts in the…...

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11+ hour, 29+ min ago  (862+ words) BEJAR, SPAIN — Hundreds of firefighters backed by helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft struggled on Saturday to contain one of Spain's deadliest wildfires that erupted earlier this week and killed a least 12 people. The blazes, which also lashed France this week, came…...

5+ hour, 37+ min ago  (524+ words) Pima County is a special place. As one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth, the Sonoran Desert is home to incredible beauty, deep human history, iconic plants, animals, grasslands, mountains, and riparian areas. Critical habitats and biological corridors, riparian…...

56+ min ago  (510+ words) Daily Kos This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. The Superior Court of Kern County posted a public notice on February 27, 1923, with a list of immigrants applying for admission to U.S. citizenship. Bakersfield resident…...

43+ min ago  (247+ words) Unique Stone Age burial sites have been discovered by archaeologists in Kazakhstan's Kostanay region. An expedition from the Akhmet Baitursynuly Kostanay Regional University found three ancient burial sites dating back to the 7th–5th millennia BC at the Shili archaeological site located…...