Over most of the sixty years following the Cuban missile crisis, the danger of a deliberately launched nuclear war steadily declined. That, however, has been changing over the last decade.

Peppers are cosmopolitan, a vegetable that comes in far more varieties than there are nations in the world.... Another you may roast red peppers and blend them into a dip or a sauce of their own, like ajvar or romesco.... But watch out for those Carolina Reaper peppers. All of these dishes have in common the humble pepper plant, or Capsicum spp....

on hair-trigger states of readiness, according to researchers.... And such proliferation could

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The AUKUS agreement, and particularly the nuclear-submarines component, appear tobepart ofabroader plan tobolsterUS capacity inthe Asia-Pacific, reassure regional allies oftheUS commitment todefence ofthe region, and perhaps above all, tocounter the perception ofa“rising” and more assertive China.

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WASHINGTON— In March, as claims about the dangers and ineffectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines spun across social media and undermined attempts to stop the spread of the coronavirus, some Facebook employees thought they had found a way to help.... Politics‘They’re killing people’: Biden blames social media for COVID-19 vaccine misinformation The Delta variant and vaccine hesitancy in red states stall progress in President Biden’s battle against COVID-19 and threaten the economy’s revival.“ Why woul

PETERSBURG, Fla.— The “ stand your ground ” self-defense law had been in effect in Florida for more than six years when it became part of the national vocabulary with the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012.... Martin was Black; Zimmerman had a white father and Latino mother. The initial police report said Zimmerman called authorities to report a suspicious person, a guy who, he said, “ looks like he’s up to no good.” He followed Martin despite instructions not to do so.... Zimmerman was allowed t

But moving those amounts of weaponry into the largest conflict in Europe since World War Two carries with it risks that some could fall into the wrong hands--a possibility the West has considered.... At a Friday meeting of Russia's Security Council, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu talked about potential future seizures of Western-made Javelin anti-tank weapons and Stingers.... They should be handed to Russian-backed forces in the breakaway Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, he said....

NEW YORK--The explosion early on a June morning ignited a blaze that engulfed a New York City shop filled with motorized bicycles and their volatile lithium-ion batteries.... The batteries don’t smolder; they explode.“ The number of fire incidents has rapidly increased.... Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, as well as U.S. Rep....