'We need young people to know there's no safe place to stab someone'

A mother whose 16-year-old son was murdered with a machete has called for more education to challenge a "deadly myth" among ...
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DeSoto's Katherine Johnson Technology Magnet Academy honors space pioneer and mathematician with lessons on inspiration and legacy

In DeSoto this week, students from one school are being immersed in the history of the woman who bears the name of their school and was immortalized in the movie "Hidden Figures." The classwork for ...
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NASA Trailblazer Katherine Johnson Soars Among Aviation Legends in Commemorative “250 Years of Flight” Magazine

June 25, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — (Washington, DC – June 25, 2025) – The extraordinary life and legacy of NASA icon Katherine Johnson continues to rise to new heights. Now honored among the ...
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This Day in History: August 26, 1918, Legendary NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson born

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On August 26, 1918, legendary NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson was born in West Virginia. Johnson’s brilliance was clear from a young age. She was already attending high ...
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'Hidden Figures' NASA women to receive Congressional Gold Medals

The women who were portrayed in “Hidden Figures,” will receive gold medals. Three African American women who were portrayed in the 2016 film, "Hidden Figures," will receive Congressional Gold Medals.
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Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician and scientist

Katherine Johnson, now a retired NASA research mathematician, was no stranger to geometry. She was the one who would calculate the trajectory of Alan Shepard's 1961 trip into space. This was America's ...