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Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer led the Manhattan Project, the program that developed the first nuclear weapon. Read about the father of the atomic bomb.

A largely self-taught musician, Les McCann joined the Navy in the 1950s and was stationed in California. In 1956, he won a Navy talent contest as a singer and appeared on the “Ed Sullivan Show,” according to the 2007 book “The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz.”

McCann, 88, died in a Los Angeles-area hospital Friday after being hospitalized with pneumonia, his longtime manager and producer told The Times.

A Hollywood producer’s wife who was emboldened by second-wave feminism, she was a founder of the Feminist Majority and worked to get female candidates elected.

Since 1985, KUVO has provided a rare blend of music & news. We broadcast the best in Jazz, Latin Jazz & Blues in addition to 17 locally produced, culturally diverse programs.

Negro Leagues data is now available on the FanGraphs player pages and leaderboards.

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Kishor's recent affirmations of Gandhism invite parallels between him and Batakh Mian, an ordinary cook who had saved Gandhi's life in 1917.

A small story about a great man at the peak of his fame