Beirut (AP) – Gasan Hasrauti spent most of his life working on silos at the port of Beirut, unloading grain to feed the country, despite fighting around him during the 1975-90 civil war. Decades later, it crumbled under the same silos, gutting their huge cement structure with the force of …
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Records show that Johns Hopkins, a long-time abolitionist by the university, was considered a proprietary slave
Johns Hopkins, founder of Baltimore Research University and the hospital, which has long been considered a slavery and early abolitionist, owned slaves, the organization announced Wednesday. Census records have recently come out during a research inventory of many slaves of slaves Pakins in the mid-1800s. University President Ronald J. “There …
Read More »U.S. Coronavirus: A vaccine can get the green light quickly, but ‘Americans need to be vigilant to avoid unimaginable deaths,’ says expert
“We are in an unprecedented health crisis in this country. Disease is everywhere – the Midwest, the West Coast, the East Coast, the North, the South. Health care workers have been evacuated, hospitals are full,” said Kathleen Sebellius, former health and human services secretary. Told CNN at night. December has …
Read More »SpaceX Starship explodes after successful test flight
SpaceX SN8 flew high and landed hard. SpaceX Video Capture / CNET Elon Musk Starship SN8 prototype, Buck Rogers may have been reminded of something that fell firmly and quietly from the Texas skies for about two minutes on Wednesday. Then its Raptor engines roared to life, turning the rocket …
Read More »Game 5: Toledo on the Michigan Recap
There is no doubt that Michigan is ready for its next challenge. That test was to come against NC State tonight, but instead, Chrysler Center hosted a final tune-up game. The Wolverines put together the best 40-minute excitement of the regular season on both sides of the court, but now …
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