World & Nation
The United Nations is warning that an offensive by Houthi rebels in Yemen has escalated the nearly six-year conflict in the Arab world’s poorest nation as it ‘speeds towards a massive famine.’
March 16, 2021
Science & Medicine
The “friendly users” have put the new supercomputer at UC San Diego to the test and pronounced it fit for a king’s research.
Dec. 27, 1985
The House on Saturday gave final passage to legislation that frees states of federal speed limits and removes penalties on states that do not have laws requiring motorcycle helmets.
Nov. 19, 1995
Varsity Times Insider
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May 12, 2011
California
Acting on complaints from residents, sheriff’s deputies recently cracked down on speeders, issuing 274 tickets in seven weeks--five times the usual number for a similar time period, officials said.
July 8, 1998
Entertainment & Arts
Movies: The action-adventure leads the pack with a record-setting $15.4 million over three-day weekend, preliminary figures show.
Feb. 12, 1996
Mardi Brady would like to see a law fixing the highway speed limit at 25 m.p.h. for a few hours a week--say dawn to 9 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays--so sightseers could poke along and enjoy the scenery.
July 20, 1986
California is urging new nursing school graduates who have not already applied for a nursing license to do so using an online application instead of submitting a paper form.
April 17, 2014
Movies
Francis Coppola’s “Gardens of Stone,” starring James Caan and James Earl Jones, didn’t click with audiences in movie theaters, but it’s generated surprising interest among video renters.
Dec. 17, 1987
The U.S.
July 25, 1992