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What it was like to live at the Los Alamos lab site during the Manhattan Project
One of the Manhattan Project sites, Los Alamos, required a whole new city to be built for scientist…
Jenny McGrath
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'Oppenheimer' doesn't get Einstein's relationship with the Los Alamos director quite right. Here's what they really thought of each other.
The real Albert Einstein wouldn't have helped J. Robert Oppenheimer with top-secret calculations ab…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny M…
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Despite sparking New Mexico's biggest-ever fire, experts say 'planned burns' are still best way to curb wildfires
Forest managers intentionally set small fires, known as "planned burns," to clear dead leaves and t…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Mariupol is on track to become 'a Ukrainian Alamo,' retired US general says
The besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol is "fighting to the last defender, and pinning down multipl…
Katie Balevic
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Texas GOP leaders pressured a book event examining the role of slavery in the Battle of the Alamo to abruptly shut down
"Forget the Alamo" concludes there are important parts of the Battle of the Alamo that have been le…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse says it's reopening 5 US locations just 3 months after filing for bankruptcy
Alamo Drafthouse filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March after the theater industry was pummeled b…
Katie Canales
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The movie-theater chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has filed for bankruptcy and is being sold
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is among the theater chains in the US devastated by the coronavirus pandemi…
Travis Clark
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Some Alamo Drafthouse Cinema employees in Texas say they face a hard choice as movie theaters reopen: return to work in fear or lose their paychecks
An Alamo Drafthouse Cinema franchise is preparing to reopen in Texas, which saw a new high of coron…
Travis Clark
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A national movie-theater chain is rolling out a wild plan to let you rent your own private cinema, starting at $300 plus the cost of tickets
The COVID-19 pandemic has roiled the movie-theater industry. Only 22% of US adults in a recent poll…
Isabella Jibilian
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10 hand-picked places to stay in San Antonio that prove a visit to the Alamo City should be on your radar in 2022
From historic lodging to photogenic boutique hotels and thoughtful Airbnbs, these are the best plac…
Sierra Juarez
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Alamo Drafthouse reveals its reopening plan will include mandatory masks and some temperature checks for guests
The popular chain will reopen two theaters in July as "learning labs." Food orders will be made in …
Jason Guerrasio
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Hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, US Marines took on the Japanese in what became the Alamo of the Pacific
The destruction of the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor meant Wake Island was on its own as Japan a…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Alamo Drafthouse's CEO takes us inside the launch of its hotly anticipated movie-ticket-subscription service
If that cry for unlimited use sounds like what led to the demise of MoviePass, you're not wrong. Bu…
Jason Guerrasio
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Alamo Drafthouse's movie-ticket subscription plan will launch in all its theaters by the end of the year
League said Alamo Season Pass will be an unlimited plan for $20 a month in most areas of the countr…
Jason Guerrasio
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Alamo Drafthouse CEO details his strategy for the Manhattan and Los Angeles movie theaters he's opening this year
The same goes for the beverage director and chef at the theaters. Outside of a few core menu items,…
Jason Guerrasio
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Alamo Drafthouse's movie recommendations brand has led to major box-office bumps for indie movies
In those early days in Austin in the late 1990s, League said the goal was just getting the distribu…
Jason Guerrasio
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Some furloughed Alamo Drafthouse employees are upset with how the company is treating them and say the chain's actions undercut its stated values like 'doing the right thing'
The manager at the Brooklyn cinema gathered employees to announce the closure and the Alamo Draftho…
Travis Clark
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Netflix's Oscar contender 'Roma' will not be shown at Alamo Drafthouse in a big blow to its exclusive theatrical run
At the end of October, Netflix began to dramatically change course on how it released Oscar-contend…
Jason Guerrasio
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Alamo Drafthouse says its first Los Angeles location will open in July and gives more details about its upcoming subscription plan
The Los Angeles theater will also be the latest in the chain to offer moviegoers the chance to take…
Jason Guerrasio
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Men are freaking out at Alamo Drafthouse for hosting ladies-only 'Wonder Woman' screenings
"Apologies, gentlemen, but we're embracing our girl power and saying 'No Guys Allowed' for one spec…