Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV Stream now with the PBS app. In the 1950s and '60s, the U.S. government conducted a series of nuclear tests in the Nevada desert. The resulting fallout ...

A provision shepherded by U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley allows Missouri residents affected by nuclear waste contamination to seek ...

Downwinders from across the state are on track to receive compensation for illnesses caused by radiation from nuclear testing ...

Downwinders and the Radioactive West is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...

Rep. Hageman's RECA bill does nothing to support the downwinders throughout Utah, the West and elsewhere who have worked for justice for decades.

Josh Hawley has been the face of a fight in Congress to reauthorize and expand access to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which provides ...

Editor’s note: The video above first aired March 6, before the Supreme Court ruling. ANDREWS COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- A Supreme Court ruling has reignited a decades-long battle in West Texas ...

For more than three decades, the federal government sought to make amends to countless Americans who developed cancer after being exposed to radiation from nuclear testing in the Southwest or ...

Months ago, the Pac-12 and Mountain West went to war in the courts. Four weeks ago, the Pac-12 and Mountain West agreed to mediation talks. Now, the two dueling conferences have crossed the Rubicon.

Testing for radioactive material The EPA has taken more than 1,000 soil samples from the West Lake Landfill and the surrounding area and found some radioactive material outside the site.

RECA aims to expand and extend compensation for thousands of people, known as "downwinders" exposed to radiation via blowing fallout.

Games FPS The multiplayer shooter with the radioactive bears and moose artillery is holding a holiday playtest with a brand-new game mode News By Andy Chalk published 24 December 2024 ...