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In some ways, “Bombshell”—an “American Experience” presentation written and directed by Ben Loeterman—is also a parable, about two men, both journalists, one fascinated with the scientific developments and devoted to doing the bidding of his government during wartime, the other more concerned with long-term humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal

An émigré from what is now Lithuania, William L. Laurence had created the role of science writer at the New York Times and was “loaned out” to the Army Corps of Engineers when Leslie R. Groves—director of the A-bomb-developing Manhattan Project—needed someone malleable to write press releases during the project’s near-total press blackout.

From The Wall Street Journal

Laurence toed the Groves line—that any reports of radiation poisoning out of the Pacific theater were “pure propaganda”—and won a postwar Pulitzer for reporting on matters he, and his newspaper, had covered up during the development of the bomb, and its aftermath.

From The Wall Street Journal

A number of former USC players took to social media during and after the game to express their frustrations.

From Los Angeles Times

LenDale White, who won two national titles with the Trojans during the Carroll years, offered to be one of those former players to return as a coach.

From Los Angeles Times