Today’s daily brief features the upcoming midterm elections, a great article reflecting on the current federal government ...

Nearly two dozen earthquakes have struck off the coast of Russia, near the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the last 24 hours, ...

A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Afghanistan on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

Afghan officials say a powerful, 6.3 magnitude earthquake that shook northern Afghanistan overnight killed at least 20 people ...

The 6.3-magnitude quake struck near one of Afghanistan’s largest cities, Mazar-e-Sharif, at a depth of around 17 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, the U. S. Geological Survey says. It replaces the old ...

Assistant Fire Chief Frank Blackburn held a drill to practice the portable water system he created six days before the 1989 ...

Blackburn designed a complex system that pumps water from San Francisco Bay and sends it through portable high pressure ...

The government shutdown has now entered Day 20 since it began Oct. 1st, but how much longer will it last? Here's what to know about this 2025 shutdown, the longest shutdowns in history and the updated ...

There are words that are easy to understand, and then, there are words like “recondite.” The thing about “recondite” is that it doesn’t just describe something obscure and complex to figure out, it is ...

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