Seventy years ago, the only wartime use of nuclear weapons took place in the Aug. 6 attack on Hiroshima and the Aug. 9 attack on Nagasaki by the United States. The Hiroshima attack killed around 80,000 people instantly and may have caused about 130,000 deaths, mostly civilians. Four...
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As the U.S. prepares for Pope Francis’ trip later this year, one Vatican official says efforts to remove the statue of Spanish missionary Blessed Junípero Serra from the capitol building offers a poor welcome for history’s first Latin American Roman Pontiff. California’s recent vote to replace the...
