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Sep 3, 2024 | 
drugtopics.com | Brian Walker
In recent years, the US has witnessed a devastating surge in drug-related deaths, with 107,941 lives claimed in 2022 alone.1 According to the CDC, fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are responsible for approximately 70% of these fatalities, making fentanyl the nation's most urgent drug threat.2 The crisis is particularly acute in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, where the streets have become a stark battleground in the war against drug abuse.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
racinboys.com | Brian Walker
August 21, 2024 | By Brian Walker, High Limit Racing PR Gold Cup at Silver Dollar Speedway this weekend CHICO, Calif. — The 70th Gold Cup Race of Champions is finally here, and for the first time ever, Kubota High Limit Racing is sanctioning the Silver Dollar Speedway crown jewel.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
historynet.com | Brian Walker |Zita Fletcher
Those who study warfare will inevitably run into the so-called “great man theory” of history. Simply put, it denotes the study of individual leaders and their abilities. In earlier times, scholars adhered to this school of thought as explaining the entirety of military history to the myopic exclusion of all other factors.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
historynet.com | Brian Walker |Douglas G. Adler
The Cold War was at its coldest in the 1960s, with the United States and the Soviet Union each engaged in massive military buildups to prepare for possible war with the other. Both superpowers wanted to develop production aircraft that had the potential to deliver advanced weapons systems to the enemy. Among many projects, the Soviets wanted to build a new strategic intercontinental bomber capable of supersonic speeds.
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Jan 21, 2024 | 
dailyrepublic.com | Brian Walker
BALTIMORE — All season long, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has said that the Super Bowl is his goal. Saturday night, he took another step toward making it a reality. Jackson ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns and completed 16 of 22 passes for 152 yards and another two scores, leading Baltimore to a 34-10 divisional round win over the Houston Texans in front of a raucous crowd at M&T Bank Stadium.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
historynet.com | Brian Walker |Mark Carlson
Lieutenant Commander Lawrence Randall “Dan” Daspit, captain of the U.S. submarine USS Tinosa (SS-283), was astounded at his luck. Framed in the periscope eyepiece was a 19,250-ton Japanese tanker, and it had no escort. The Tonan Maru No. 3 was making only 10 knots. It was a sitting duck. Tinosa was on its second war patrol, having departed from Midway on July 7, 1943, to prowl the Japanese sea lanes between Truk and Borneo.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
historynet.com | Brian Walker |Zita Fletcher
Shields have existed for as long as warfare has. The function of a shield is to protect its wielder from bodily harm, such as from blunt weapons, edged weapons, polearms, projectiles and other dangers introduced in combat. Like warfare itself, shields evolved over time. Their shape and construction varied according to cultures, geography, the fighting style of their intended wielder, and the materials available for manufacture.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
historynet.com | Brian Walker |James Holland
It’s probably fair to say that most of us spend a lot more time thinking about the folks leaping from landing craft than we do about the landing craft themselves, yet back in August this year, at the extraordinary D-Day Ohio event at Conneaut, Ohio, on the shores of Lake Erie, I finally got to ride in a Higgins boat.
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Jul 9, 2023 | 
newsweek.com | Brian Walker
The first time I went to the doctor about my pain was in my late twenties. It was 1972, the year I married my first wife, and I was having problems in the lead-up to the wedding day. Every time I told them I was struggling with pain, he or she would say to me: "Where is it?"On that day, the pain may be in my wrists—so bad that I couldn't move my hands—so, two weeks later I would go for an X-ray, but it would show nothing wrong because by that point the pain had moved to my shoulders.
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May 30, 2023 | 
uidaho.edu | Brian Walker
News Here We Have Idaho Past Issues Spring 2022 Features Exploring Vandal Ventures Outdoor Orientation Program Sets Stage for Joining Vandal Family Many freshmen can attest to feeling full of trepidation upon encountering a sea of unfamiliar faces their first day on campus. But when that first college experience is an adventure on a well-known Idaho river with a small group of future classmates, it’s a different story. “After we conquered the biggest rapids and stopped for lunch, one student...
