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History Today: The 1906 earthquake that shook, burnt and reshaped San Francisco
On April 18, 1906, a sound similar to ‘the roar of 10,000 lions’ filled the air as the ground shook in San Francisco, ...
Tulsa World reporters tell the OKC bombing stories they can't forget
Recollections from Randy Krehbiel, Tom Gilbert, Brandi Simons, Ziva Branstetter, Nicole Marshall Middleton, Stephen Pingry, P.J. Lassek and Berry Tramel.
Lebanese judge questions former top security chiefs over Beirut port blast
Lebanon’s lead investigator into the 2020 Beirut port blast has questioned two former security chiefs, including Maj. Gen.
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Beirut Explosion Disaster – The Day a City Was Shattered
Beirut was rocked by a blast so powerful it shattered buildings, lives, and trust in leadership. This is the in-depth story ...
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Lebanese judge questions former top security chiefs over Beirut port blast
hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a Beirut Port warehouse, killing at least 218 people, injuring more than 6,000 and devastating large swaths of the capital. The blast, one of the ...
50 years after Lebanon’s civil war began, a bullet-riddled bus stands as a reminder
What happened on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon. An attack on a bus in Beirut plunged the country into 15 ...