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USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642) (called Kamfish by her crew), a Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Kamehameha I, the first King of Hawaii (c. 1758-1819). She is one of only two ships of the United States to be named after a monarch.a She was later reclassified as an attack submarine and redesignated SSN-642. The ship's motto was Imua, which roughly translates (from the Hawaiian) as "go forth and conquer." Another motto used by her crew ...

A few weeks ago, we learned of the potential of Montreal banning pitbulls, but we certainly didn't think it was going to pass. Sadly it has and it is a virtual death sentence to thousands of dogs in the area, but we can stop it. At a council meeting Tuesday, the government passed a measure that effectively...

From targeted advertising and insurance to education and policing, Cathy O'Neil's new book 'Weapons of Math Destruction' looks at how algorithms and big data are targeting the poor, reinforcing racism and amplifying inequality.