1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (250+ words) Today is Sunday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2026. There are 109 days left in the year. On Sept. 13, 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate; she became the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. In…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (509+ words) Brigid Lynch was walking through a redwood forest in the San Mateo County hills when she noticed something unusual, half-submerged in the flowing water through a creek: a big smooth object that didn’t look like any of the other rocks....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (398+ words) By Lawrence S. Wittner Starvation is a particularly cruel and horrible way to die. Beginning with intense hunger and pain and followed by exhaustion and mental deterioration, starvation continues with the body gradually consuming its own tissues on a downward spiral…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (407+ words) Today is Saturday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2026. There are 131 days left in the year. On Aug. 22, 2007, a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard. In 1791, the Haitian Revolution began as enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up against…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (501+ words) Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday said the state would not review or process permits on proposed mining projects near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, four months after Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration lifted a federal ban. The…...