The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already endedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-confederate-raider-fired-the-final-shots-of-the-civil-war-in-the-arctic-two-and-a-half-months-after-robert-e-lee-surrendered-180986847/
Minted in Peru in 1707, the money bolsters the evidence that the wreck is the Spanish ship "San José," which sank off the Colombian coast in 1708 with treasure worth billions on boardhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-gold-coins-may-solve-the-mystery-of-the-worlds-richest-shipwreck-confirming-its-identity-as-a-legendary-18th-century-galleon-180986856/
For the critically endangered red-shanked douc, proximity to an urban center has had surprising benefitshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/majestic-monkey-become-beloved-neighbor-millions-vietnam-180986808/
Tracing the centuries of innovation that sent the golf ball on a wild ride through historyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/600-years-golf-ball-evolved-primitive-wood-sphere-smart-ball-sensors-180986813/
The President bombs three nuclear sites to spare the world from an intolerable risk.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-meets-the-moment-on-iran-1794ade3
The Marine veteran and entrepreneur built FedEx into a global giant.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/frederick-w-smith-1944-2025-fedex-founder-entrepreneur-delivery-b81b37a5
Tehran can cause the price of oil to spike, but it will hurt itself more.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/irans-strait-of-hormuz-gambit-oil-middle-east-7df2114a
America’s largest city has a grim Democratic primary for mayor.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/new-yorks-choice-cuomo-or-socialism-election-mayor-race-vote-mamdani-ede84c75
Tulsi Gabbard said the country wasn’t ‘building a nuclear weapon.’ But she said a lot more than that.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-trump-bombed-iran-tulsi-gabbard-nuclear-weapon-risk-56d00977
Israel had to fight through Iran’s empire of terror proxies to reach Tehran and the nuclear program.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/benjamin-netanyahu-vs-qassem-soleimani-israel-fought-empire-of-terror-to-destroy-nukes-798b06e8
Smart computers require even smarter humans, but they tempt us to engage in ‘cognitive offloading.’https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-biggest-ai-threat-young-people-who-cant-think-303be1cd
Globalizing it would bring suicide bombs and Oct. 7-style attacks to New York.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/does-mamdani-know-what-intifada-is-new-york-mayor-democratic-primary-875a2fd7
He would effectively nationalize U.S. Steel and make America a little less great.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-golden-share-mistake-98181f2d
Will Rubio let the left control the Inter-American Human Rights Commission?https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-vs-lula-at-the-oas-human-rights-brazil-south-america-6135abd8
The agency enlarges its team of experts who approve new chemicals.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-welcome-expansion-at-the-epa-scientists-review-jobs-0a84c00f
‘It isn’t merely due process for asylum seekers that’s at risk; it’s constitutional protections for all Americans,’ writes Brad Lander.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-im-proud-to-have-been-arrested-by-ice-brad-lander-mayor-immigration-9593d97f
Sen. Bill Cassidy explains his ‘Big Idea’ to save the program.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-to-steer-clear-of-a-social-security-iceberg-cassidy-retirement-18f519eb
Quotas didn’t build the university, and they won’t restore it either.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-wrong-cure-for-the-campus-monoculture-dei-admissions-hiring-12afe272
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The war entered a new and potentially more volatile phase when the United States announced it had bombed three crucial nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/world/middleeast/israel-iran-strikes.html