He found resistance to antibiotics spreading among bacteria and was hailed for his discoveries, though a Nobel Prize eluded him. (Not that he wanted one.)

Hamilton College knew that one of its students was in deep distress before he killed himself. His parents believe they should have been told.

Driver’s education first began in the United Kingdom as a business in 1909. Twenty-five years later, the first high school driver’s ed course was opened in the United States. It offered students lessons in driving skills as well as hands-on training. Since that time, such programs have been plagued, particularly in America, with unscrupulous instructors, […]
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History rewrites the past. It doesn’t just record what happened—it changes it. With a sweep of the pen, it labels whole nations of people as monsters and villains. It reduces soldiers on the other side to nothing more than mindless cogs in an evil machine. But every army was made up of people. The soldiers […]
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Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation into the 2016 election is now seemingly running on fumes.
Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway says what she thinks the point of the still ongoing probe is now, and she says it has nothing to do with Russian collusion.

.@MZHemingway: "I think there's a lot about the Mueller probe that is interested in sort of saving face for the FBI, and it's been difficult to do that…

For the ninth time, the virus has hit the Democratic Republic of Congo. Officials may deploy a vaccine created too late to stop the epidemic in West Africa in 2014.

Tommy Vietor is not happy that an ambush of U.S. military personnel in the West African country of Niger is not getting the same scandal treatment that the attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Lybia received.

How can you call Benghazi a scandal but not this? https://t.co/dNQ1oVxbrf
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) May 11, 2018

Yes, both left four Americans dead, but there were very different circumstances…

Prior to the discovery of antibiotics, severe bacterial infections were one of the major causes of human deaths throughout the developed world. We all have probably used antibiotics at some point in our lives to treat an infection. Before the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming, people died from otherwise small scrapes and cuts through […]
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Another week has gone by, and now it’s time to take a look at some of the news stories that were met with fits of laughter or incredulous raised eyebrows. Right here, you can catch up on the more pressing matters of the day. This week’s list features humans pushing the envelope and doing things […]
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A Catholic Priest by the name of Father Goyo took to Twitter to share a remarkable story of a young couple who wanted to get married. The catch? The young bride had cancer and not much time to live.
Father Goyo shares what happened when the groom approached him about doing the wedding.
Have tissues handy. You’re going to need them.

(THREAD) 1. MEET Estela and Nicolas. Today they got married…