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Fort Worth Council Votes to Designate Historic Power Plant as 'Endangered"
7+ hour, 8+ min ago (241+ words) Fort Worth City Council voted this week to designate the Fort Worth Power and Light Co. as a historically significant endangered structure. This move is expected to help preserve this part of the city's industrial past. The city addressed the…...
Early 'voice mails' of disability rights pioneers discovered
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (1163+ words) "Hello Mum and Dad, greetings from Llandudno. "We've just taken Alan up The Great Orme, it's been a grand day but it's been raining all afternoon. "The hotel is fine, and you can expect us back on Saturday." In a…...
The "Yellow Fever Plot: Biological Warfare in the American Civil War
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (117+ words) The American Civil War was unprecedented in both its brutality and bloodshed. Disease and the threat of biological warfare played a key role in the conflict, most notably in a Confederate plot to create an epidemic of yellow fever in…...
Forbes and America250 to Co-Host America Innovates Exhibit in San Francisco, Showcasing Innovations of the Past, Present and Future to Commemorate America's 250th Birthday
1+ day, 51+ min ago (78+ words) America250 We're creating the largest synchronized Fourth of July celebration in U. S. history. Join us on July 4! Help us make the Semiquincentennial a record setting year of volunteer service. Celebrate these moments that will unite our nation between July 1 and July 5, 2026. See…...
Old hospital's legacy coming to an end
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (196+ words) Woodward News On Monday, April 6th, a demolition crew began to take down parts of the old Woodward hospital that was located on 4th and Locust. Years of decay left the building uninhabitable despite several attempts to revive the building for various…...
Xi'an: Rise of innovation, power and prosperity in West China
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (44+ words) China Daily - Global Edition Xi'an: Rise of innovation, power and prosperity in West China From ancient capital to modern powerhouse, Xi'an in Northwest China's Shaanxi province achieved robust, high-quality socio-economic development in 2025....
How Savannahians responded when yellow fever struck
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (716+ words) Beef tea, a hot foot bath, and a tablespoon of good brandy were among a list of recommended home treatments for yellow fever, printed in an 1876 column for the Savannah Morning News. Thankfully, we are past the 19th- and 20th-century remedies,…...
Harris on History: Ruston's first female physicians
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (526+ words) They healed at a time when every house call they made challenged a male-dominated profession. In the early years of the twentieth century, when Ruston was still finding its footing as an educational and agricultural center, medicine in North Louisiana…...
April 7: World Health Day, History of WHO and Ancient Traditions
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (569+ words) World Health Day on April 7: the history of WHO's establishment and its global significance. Also discover the church feast of St. George of Mytilene and folk traditions of this date. April 7th: A Day of Global Health, Historical Milestones, and Traditions…...
Health Matters: Canada's oldest known man passes away at 110
3+ day, 9+ min ago (68+ words) Yahoo News Canada Burdett Sisler, Canada's oldest known man and a prominent Second World War veteran, has passed away at the age of 110. Born in 1915, Sisler served as a military radar technician before working for the Canada Border Services Agency…...