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Ukrainian drone attack on an oil hub deep inside Russia kills 13, officials say

Ukraine's barrage on Russian oil facilities has caused fuel shortages.

Rescue workers try to put out a fire of a residential building and cars in Ukraine.

Men ride motorcycles along the shore as a tractor pulls equipment from the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s president says supreme leader urges ‘unity’ amid US sanctions, and other Mideast developments

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New York City medical examiner personnel leave their vehicle and walk to the Manhattan Correctional Center where financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, Saturday Aug. 10, 2019, in New York. He was found in his cell at the Manhattan Correctional Center Saturday morning, according to the officials, who was briefed on the matter but spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to discuss it publicly. The medical examiner’s office in Manhattan confirmed Epstein’s death. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Today in History: August 10, Jeffrey Epstein found dead in jail cell

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U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger, right, administers the oath of office to Gerald R. Ford as the 38th President of the United States in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 9, 1974. Betty Ford holds the bible at center. (AP Photo)

Today in History: August 9, Gerald Ford declares ‘our long national nightmare is over’

By The Associated Press

August 9, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Gerald Ford took the oath of office to become U.S. president after Richard Nixon’s resignation;...

Police stand guard over a robbed mail train at Euston Station in London on the morning of August 8, 1963, after robbers held up the train at Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, UK, 40 miles from London. The train, carrying a good deal of registered mail, was on the final stretch of a 400 mile journey from Glasgow when the raiders struck. They unloaded over 100 registered mail bags into a waiting truck and one railway official has estimated that the value of the stolen mail might be as much as £200,000. (AP Photo)

Today in History: August 8, ‘Great Train Robbery’ thieves get away with millions

By The Associated Press

August 8, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Britain’s “Great Train Robbery” took place as thieves made off with 2.6 million pounds in...

FILE – This Aug. 2, 1978 file photo shows a fence and a sign cordoning off a contaminated toxic waste dump site in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, N.Y. With Love Canal getting national attention, President Jimmy Carter in 1978 issued a disaster declaration that eventually led to evacuation and compensation for more than 900 families. The crisis also led to federal Superfund legislation to clean up the nation’s abandoned waste sites. (AP Photo/File)

Today in History: August 7, Love Canal environmental disaster declared a federal health emergency

By The Associated Press

August 7, 2026 at 7:50 a.m.

President Jimmy Carter declared the Love Canal environmental disaster in Niagara Falls, N.Y., a federal...

Crates of avocados wait to be processed at a packing plant in Uruapan, Mexico.

US suspends avocado inspections in Mexican state of Michoacan due to threat

By The Associated Press

August 6, 2026 at 2:34 p.m.

The suspension of inspections could disrupt exports.

US President Lyndon B Johnson hands a pen to civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr during the the signing of the voting rights act as officials look on behind them, Washington DC, August 6, 1965. (Photo by Washington Bureau/Getty Images)

Today in History: August 6, President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act

By The Associated Press

August 6, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, prohibiting racial discrimination in voting.

A person uses his phone near the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

France is banning unsolicited telemarketing calls starting next week

By The Associated Press

August 6, 2026 at 5:39 a.m.

The government says the law is a response to years of consumer complaints.

Cargo ships are seen at sea near the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran and the US say a Strait of Hormuz deal is close, but one or both would have to back down

By The Associated Press

August 6, 2026 at 6:16 a.m.

Closure of the strait has driven up the price of fuel and basic goods far...

Toys for her dog – a lamb and a teddy bear — lie on the backyard grass of the home of Marilyn Monroe after she was found dead in Hollywood, August 5, 1962. Police found them in this position when they arrived to find the star dead in her bed, a bottle of sleeping pills nearby. A newswoman stands at left. (AP Photo/Harold Filan)

Today in History: August 5, Marilyn Monroe found dead at her home

By The Associated Press

August 5, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead in her Los Angeles home; her death was ruled...

Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee arrive at Hangar 25 on August 5, 2009 in Burbank, California after being released by North Korean authorities yesterday. Ling and Lee, of San Francisco based Current TV, were both arrested by North Korea in March for illegally entering the country on the Chinese border. Yesterday they were pardoned by President Kim Jong-Il after a meeting with former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Ling and Lee had been sentenced to 12 years in prison in June. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for Shangri-La)

Today in History: August 4, Kim Jong Il pardons American journalists Laura Ling, Euna Lee

By The Associated Press

August 4, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pardoned American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee for...

A worker drives a forklift at the Phoenix Tailings refinery.

US companies are stepping up to cut reliance on China for critical minerals used in key weapons

By The Associated Press

August 3, 2026 at 11:31 a.m.

The urgency has increased with the Middle East conflict depleting munitions.

FILE – In this Aug. 3, 1936, file photo, gold medalist Jessie Owens, second right, salutes during the playing of the national anthem during the medal ceremony of the 100-meter final in Berlin. silver medalist Tinus Osendarp, third from right, of, Holland, and bronze medalist Ralph Metcalf, right, listen, along with a matron who holds a Nazi salute. The 1936 Games in Berlin, awarded about two years before Adolf Hitler became dictator, went ahead under Nazism. American track great Jesse Owens went on to win four gold medals, but he was only supposed to compete in three events, the 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump. (AP Photo/File)

Today in History: August 3, Jesse Owens wins first gold medal at Berlin Olympics

By The Associated Press

August 3, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Jesse Owens of the United States won the first of his four gold medals at...

1873: ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok (James Butler Hickock, 1837 – 1876) frontiersman, marksman and law enforcement officer as he appeared when performing in New York in one of Bill Cody’s shows. Killed in a poker game, hence ‘Dead Man’s Hand’, a pair of eights and a pair of aces. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Today in History: August 2, ‘Wild Bill’ shot and killed during poker game

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August 2, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

Frontiersman “Wild Bill” Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in...

This is how the area around the administration building tower at the Univ. of Texas looked to Charles Joseph Whitman as he peered through an opening in the wall around the walkway near the top of the tower in Austin, Texas on August 1, 1966. Several persons were shot to death on the ground. Whitman was identified by police as the killer of 14 persons during the spree. Rough spots on concrete made by police gunfire during the exchange of shots. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)

Today in History: August 1, University of Texas at Austin tower sniper kills 14

By The Associated Press

August 1, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went on an armed rampage at the University of Texas in...

Astronaut James Irwin beside the Rover parked near the lunar module, looking northeast, Mount Hadley in the background. (AP Photo)

Today in History: July 31, Apollo 15 astronauts use a lunar rover for the first time

By The Associated Press

July 31, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Apollo 15 crew members David Scott and James Irwin became the first astronauts to use...

Streets are packed in heavy traffics following power outage and rains in the central part of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. India’s energy crisis spread over half the country Tuesday when both its eastern and northern electricity grids collapsed, leaving 600 million people without power in one of the world’s biggest-ever blackouts. Traffic lights went out across New Delhi. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Today in History: July 30, India plunged into world’s biggest blackout

By The Associated Press

July 30, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Three electric grids in India collapsed in a cascade, cutting power to 620 million people...

A worker reacts near a line of humanoid robots.

US bans foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting China over national security

By The Associated Press

July 29, 2026 at 9:39 a.m.

Beijing quickly accused the U.S. of protectionism.

FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson. Peterson is set to appear in a southwestern Illinois courtroom Friday, July 29, 2016 for sentencing, after he was convicted in a May murder-for-hire trial. Jurors agreed that Peterson attempted to hire an inmate’s uncle to kill Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow. (Illinois Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Today in History: July 29, Drew Peterson gets 40 more years for murder-for-hire plot

By The Associated Press

July 29, 2026 at 8:00 a.m.

Former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson was given an additional 40 years in prison...

Rubble is set ablaze as health and frontline workers protest at the Elikya Ebola Treatment Center.

Ebola cases in Congo top 3,200, nearing record of the country’s worst outbreak

By The Associated Press

July 28, 2026 at 11:37 a.m.

Data showed that 1,437 patients have died out of the 3,262 cases.

FILE – In this July 28, 1984, file photo, some 1,200 helium balloons are released into the air from the field of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as part of the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dave Tenenbaum, FIle)

Today in History: July 28, Summer Olympics opens in Los Angeles

By The Associated Press

July 28, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

The Los Angeles Summer Olympics officially opened; 14 Eastern Bloc countries, led by the Soviet...

Cargo containers line a ship at the Port of Oakland.

A forced-labor crackdown or an end-run around Congress? Dissecting Trump’s new tariffs

By The Associated Press

July 27, 2026 at 6:30 a.m.

The new tariffs took effect just as temporary 10% worldwide tariffs expired.

John and Reve Walsh of Hollywood, Fla., along with a photo of their son Adam, who was taken from a store in Hollywood several months ago, appear before a House Judiciary subcommittee on Missing Children on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 18, 1981. The boy’s severed head, the only part of his body discovered, was found in a canal near Vero Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/John Duricka)

Today in History: July 27, horrific kidnapping, killing leads to ‘America’s Most Wanted’

By The Associated Press

July 27, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Adam Walsh, 6, was abducted from a department store in Hollywood, Florida, and was later...

FILE – President Barack Obama, left, and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appear on stage together at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 27, 2016. Officially, neither party will have a nominee until a candidate wins the number of delegates needed at the convention to clinch the nomination. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Today in History: July 26, Hillary Clinton wins nomination for Democratic presidential candidate

By The Associated Press

July 26, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

Hillary Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political...

25th July 1978: The team who pioneered in-vitro fertilization, on the left Cambridge physiologist Dr Robert Edwards holding the world’s first test tube baby Louise Joy Brown and (on the right) gynaecologist Mr Patrick Steptoe (1913 – 1988). She was born by Caesarian section at Oldham General Hospital, Lancashire. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Today in History: July 25, first ‘test tube baby’ born in England

By The Associated Press

July 25, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Louise Joy Brown, the first “test tube baby,” was born in Oldham, England; she’d been...

Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz.

US military says it fired on another merchant vessel trying to breach its blockade of Iranian ports

By The Associated Press

July 24, 2026 at 5:34 p.m.

The U.S. has pounded Iran while Tehran has attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

FILE – In this July 24, 2010 file picture an ambulance leaves a tunnel after a stampede at the techno-music festival “Loveparade 2010” in Duisburg, Germany. A German court has decided Tuesday April 5, 2016 that 10 people indicted over a deadly mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival in 2010 will not stand trial. Twenty-one people died on July 24, 2010 in a crush in a packed tunnel that was the sole access point to the event in Duisburg, (AP Photo/Michael Sohn,file)

Today in History: July 24, stampede at Germany music festival kills 21

By The Associated Press

July 24, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

A stampede inside a tunnel crowded with techno music fans left 21 people dead and...

Mourners carry the coffins containing additional remains of victims killed in a school strike.

US military launches new strikes on Iran as clashes escalate over shipping routes

By The Associated Press

July 24, 2026 at 5:58 a.m.

The U.S. is pushing to regain control over the Strait of Hormuz.

FILE – USA’s Kerri Strug is carried by her coach, Bela Karolyi, as she waves to the crowd on her way to receiving her gold medal for the women’s team gymnastics competition, at the Centennial Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, July 23, 1996. Strug had two torn ligaments and a sprained ankle from the vault competition. (AP Photo/Susan Ragan, File)

Today in History: July 23, Kerri Strug, with torn ankle ligaments, secures Team USA gold medal

By The Associated Press

July 23, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Kerri Strug made a heroic final vault despite torn ligaments in her left ankle to...

Workers at an Ebola treatment center go on strike over unpaid salaries and bonuses at Rwampara General Hospital, in Ituri, northeastern Congo, Monday, July 13, 2026, (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)

Why the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history is becoming more challenging

By The Associated Press

July 22, 2026 at 1:14 p.m.

More than 1,000 people have died in eastern Congo's latest rare Ebola virus outbreak.

FILE – In this July 21, 1934 file photo, people pose in front of the Biograph Theater on N. Lincoln Avenue in Chicago as one woman displays the newspaper headline “Dillinger Slain.” Outlaw John Dillinger was shot and killed by federal agents outside the movie theater after watching the feature “Manhattan Melodrama.” The film “Public Enemies” being released July 1, 2009, stars Johnny Depp as Dillinger, who drove the same streets, burst out of the same buildings and emerged from the same theater and pretended to die in the same alley where the feds plugged Dillinger more than 70 years ago. (AP Photo, File)

Today in History: July 22, feds kill bank robber John Dillinger outside Chicago movie theater

By The Associated Press

July 22, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater,...

** FILE ** This three picture combination shows: on the left, Bosnian Serb Leader Radovan Karadzic in an April 1996 file photo during the Bosnian Serb assembly session in Pale, some 16 kilometers (10 miles) east of Sarajevo, the centre photo shows, Karadzic in an undated photo released by Belgrade’s “Healthy Life” magazine Tuesday July 22, 2008, made at an undisclosed location in Belgrade with glasses, long white hair and a beard and the photo on the right shows Karadzic appearing in the courtroom during his initial appearance at the U.N.’s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday July 31, 2008 (AP Photo)

Today in History: July 21, Bosnian war crime fugitive arrested in Belgrade suburb

By The Associated Press

July 21, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, one of the world’s top war crimes fugitives, was...

Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, right, draws from a fish bowl the first number in the World War I draft July 20, 1917. Current Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson will draw from this goldfish bowl on Oct. 29, 1940, the first number in a nationwide lottery to determine the order of calling men for military training under selective service for the new World War. (AP Photo)

Today in History: July 20, World War I draft lottery begins

By The Associated Press

July 20, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

America’s World War I draft lottery began as Secretary of War Newton Baker, wearing a...

A burnt area shows the contact point and crash path of United Airlines flight 232 after it exploded on impact during an attempted emergency landing at Sioux City Airport in Sioux City, Iowa on July 20, 1989. The old runways of the original airport, now used as taxiways, are seen criss-crossing the crash path. The pilot was attempting to land on one of the closed runways. (AP Photo/Jeff Bundy)

Today in History: July 19, plane crashes during emergency landing, kills 111

By The Associated Press

July 19, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

111 people were killed when United Airlines Flight 232, a DC-10 that sustained a tail...

A steel-helmeted policeman wields his club on fleeing African American youths at West 125th Street during violence in New Yorks Harlem neighborhood, July 20, 1964. Demonstrators were protesting the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old African American, James Powell, by a white police officer. (AP Photo)

Today in History: July 18, Harlem riots after fatal police shooting of Black teen

By The Associated Press

July 18, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

Nearly a week of rioting erupted in New York’s Harlem neighborhood following the fatal police...

Undated picture of Tsar Nicholas II who was executed in Jekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks 17 July 1918. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Today in History: July 17, Russian Czar and his family executed

By The Associated Press

July 17, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Russia’s Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.

WOODS HOLE, UNITED STATES: A Coast Guard ship carrying the bodies of John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and her sister Lauren G. Bessette enter the waters of Woods Hole, MA, 21 July 1999 in front of a passenger ferry. The bodies were recovered from the crash site of the small plane flown by John F. Kennedy, Jr. which went missing late 16 July, 1999 off Martha’s Vineyard, MA. The recovered bodies were later being taken to the Barnstable County Medical Examiner office, MA, for autopsy. Accompanying the bodies were Sen. Edward Kennedy and his sons Edward Kennedy, Jr. and Patrick Kennedy. AFP PHOTO Matt CAMPBELL (Photo credit should read MATT CAMPBELL/AFP via Getty Images)

Today in History: July 16, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife and her sister die in plane crash

By The Associated Press

July 16, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, died when their...

Palestinians mourn the bodies of people killed in an Israeli military strike.

Israel’s latest strikes kill a dozen people in Gaza, including police officers

By The Associated Press

July 16, 2026 at 6:10 a.m.

On Wednesday, three members of a family were killed in central Gaza, officials said.

A woman stands at the water's edge along the Strait of Hormuz.

US airstrikes hit northern Iran as it disables ship trying to run the blockade

By The Associated Press

July 16, 2026 at 6:04 a.m.

U.S. strikes hit an Iranian army barracks, killing at least seven troops.

FILE — In this July 20, 1976 file photo, officials remove a truck buried at a rock quarry in Livermore, Calif., in which 26 Chowchilla school children and their bus driver were held captive. Nearly 40 years later the final convicted kidnapper, Fredrick Woods, is awaiting a parole hearing Nov. 19, 2015. Woods accomplices, brothers James and Richard Schoenfeld have already been paroled.(AP Photo/file)

Today in History: July 15, school bus full of children kidnapped in rural California

By The Associated Press

July 15, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

A 36-hour kidnap ordeal began for 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver as they were...

A woman holds a poster depicting U.S. President Donald Trump in the crosshairs of a rifle scope with the English words “There Will Be Blood,” while another woman holds a portrait of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his son, current Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, as mourners gather to commemorate the late leader at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US reimposes its blockade on Iran after Tehran’s attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz

By The Associated Press

July 15, 2026 at 6:29 a.m.

Fighting has once again engulfed the region and threatened the global economy.

Bank robber or ‘sneak thief’ William James Burke (1858 – 1919), aka ‘Billy the Kid’ (although not the most famous bearer of that nickname), circa 1886. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Today in History: July 14, ‘Billy the Kid’ shot and killed

By The Associated Press

July 14, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

Outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias “Billy the Kid,” was shot and killed by Sheriff...

Pro-government demonstrators wave Iranian and religious flags in a gathering commemorating the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shown in a flag at right, at a square in Tehran, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US military death toll in Iran war rises to 14 after Navy pilot death this month

By The Associated Press

July 13, 2026 at 4:43 p.m.

The Navy initially described the July 1 crash as an emergency landing.

US attacks Iran and Tehran retaliates across the Middle East as both vie for control of strait

By The Associated Press

July 14, 2026 at 6:04 a.m.

President Donald Trump said Washington is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran.

** FILE ** Serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz is escorted into a Harris County Courtroom by Sheriff Department Lt. J. Holden for a hearing, July 14, 1999, in Houston. Since his arrest the man known as the “Railroad Killer” has given authorities crucial details that have helped close four murder cases in three states, including one in which another man had been charged. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, POOL)

Today in History: July 13, ‘Railroad Killer’ surrenders in Texas

By The Associated Press

July 13, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Angel Maturino Resendiz, suspected of being the “Railroad Killer” responsible for the deaths at least...

Torn down metal grating protecting stores, during a lull in the Newark riots in Newark, New Jersey, July 1967. Ocurring over four days, from 12th July to 17th July, the riots were sparked by the beating of a Black taxi driver (John William Smith) by two white Newark police officers (John DeSimone and Vito Pontrelli) on the evening of 12th July. (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Today in History: July 12, riot erupts in New Jersey over police beating of Black taxi driver

By The Associated Press

July 12, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey, over the police beating of a Black taxi driver;...

FILE- in this July 11, 2006 file photo, policemen investigate near a train coach destroyed by a bomb blast at Matunga railway station in Mumbai, India. An Indian court on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 sentenced five suspected Islamic militants to death and gave seven others life in prison for bombing attacks nine years ago on seven Mumbai commuter trains that killed 188 people and wounded more than 800. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

Today in History: July 11, train bombing in Mumbai kills more than 200

By The Associated Press

July 11, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

Eight bombs hit a commuter rail network during evening rush hour in Mumbai, India, killing...

A man waves an Iranian flag during funeral ceremonies for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

US demands Iran publicly state that Strait of Hormuz is open and Tehran won’t attack ships anymore

By The Associated Press

July 10, 2026 at 4:34 p.m.

The strikes hit as Iran prepared to bury the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

This file picture shows the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior lying on its side in Auckland harbour on July 10, 1985 after being blown-up by French secret service agents during the night of July 09 as the ship lay docked in Auckland harbour in preparation for a protest expedition to the nuclear test site at French atoll Mururoa. Global environment group Greenpeace will on July 10 mark the keel-laying of the latest incarnation of its flagship the Rainbow Warrior at Poland’s Gdansk shipyard, it said today June 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / NEW ZEALAND HERALD (FILES) (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)

Today in History: July 10, Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior blown up by French agents

By The Associated Press

July 10, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

The Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk with explosives in Auckland, New Zealand, by...

An inspection team picks through the rubble that once was Pan Am flight 759 at New Orleans International Airport, July 13, 1982. The wreckage was brought to the airport from the crash scene and will be trucked to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York for closer inspection. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Today in History: July 9, Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Louisiana, killing 153

By The Associated Press

July 9, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Pan Am Flight 759, a Boeing 727, crashed in Kenner, Louisiana, shortly after takeoff from...

Palestinian women mourn over the body of 10-year-old Amir Shaaban, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, before his funeral at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strike kills World Cup screening organizer in Gaza just before kickoff

By The Associated Press

July 8, 2026 at 11:44 a.m.

The Israeli strike happened just before kickoff in the Egypt-Argentina match.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Trump says US will give Ukraine license to produce Patriot defense systems

By The Associated Press

July 8, 2026 at 1:05 p.m.

NATO leaders pledge $80 billion to support Ukraine's defense needs.

People stand in shallow water as a cargo ship appears anchored in the Strait of Hormuz.

US launches new airstrikes on Iran, with Tehran firing back at 3 Gulf Arab states

By The Associated Press

July 9, 2026 at 6:09 a.m.

Trump said the strikes are retaliation for attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of...

FILE – In this July 8, 2000 file photo, U.S. tennis player Venus Williams laughs as she holds the Women’s Singles trophy on Centre Court at Wimbledon. (AP Photo/Adam Butler, file)

Today in History: July 8, Venus Williams wins her first Grand Slam title

By The Associated Press

July 8, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport for her first Grand Slam title, becoming the first Black...

Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel mingles ahead of the Obama Presidential Center dedication.

Rahm Emanuel will assail Netanyahu in Tel Aviv speech as American politics shift against Israel

By The Associated Press

July 7, 2026 at 7:47 a.m.

Emanuel argues changes are needed, including sanctions on Israelis who attack Palestinians.

Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras perform as the Three Tenors, at their first concert in the Roman Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy, July 7, 1990, at the opening of the 1990 World Cup. (AP Photo/Bruno Mosconi)

Today in History: July 7, ‘Three Tenors’ perform before FIFA World Cup final

By The Associated Press

July 7, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

The first “Three Tenors” concert took place as opera stars Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and...

Commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

US launches new strikes on Iran, revokes oil sales permit after 3 ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz

By The Associated Press

July 8, 2026 at 6:11 a.m.

Iran immediately warned Washington it would “take whatever measures it deems necessary."

Firefighters work on a wildfire in Ille-sur-Têt, southern France, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Wildfire forces Tour de France to ban fans from stage finale as parts of Europe sizzle again

By The Associated Press

July 6, 2026 at 1:31 p.m.

Only essential race vehicles are allowed on the route.

FILE – In this July 25, 2016, file photo, a memorial including a photo of Philando Castile adorns the gate to the governor’s residence where protesters continue to demonstrate in St. Paul, Minn., against the July 6, 2016, shooting death of Castile by St. Anthony police Officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn. Yanez is expected to enter his plea on manslaughter charges during a hearing Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Today in History: July 6, Philando Castile fatally shot during traffic stop

By The Associated Press

July 6, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Philando Castile, a Black elementary school cafeteria worker, was fatally shot during a traffic stop...

FILE – This Feb. 9, 2011 file photo shows Spam on a shelf in a Bethel Park, Pa. Cans of Spam have become a common item that’s being stolen from Honolulu stores and then sold on the streets for quick cash, according to authorities. Honolulu police said they took a report of a man lifting a case of the canned meat from a store earlier in Oct. 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Today in History: July 5, Hormel introduces the world to Spam

By The Associated Press

July 5, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Hormel introduced a canned meat product called Spam; more than 9 billion cans have been...

This undated engraving shows the scene on July 4, 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pa. The document, drafted by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Philip Livingston and Roger Sherman, announces the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. The formal signing by 56 members of Congress began on Aug. 2. (AP Photo)

Today in History: July 4, Declaration of Independence adopted by Second Continental Congress

By The Associated Press

July 4, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

The Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

Andy Griffith gets a closer look at a bronze statue of Andy and Opie honoring The Andy Griffith television show Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, after the statue was unveiled during a ceremony in Raleigh, N.C. Griffith’s 40-year acting career has been largely defined by Sheriff Andy Tayor, a character he played in the show.(AP Photo/Bob Jordan)

Today in History: July 3, beloved TV sheriff Andy Griffith dies

By The Associated Press

July 3, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

Andy Griffith, who made homespun American Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in...

James Abram Garfield (1831 – 1881) 20th President of the United States being assassinated at Baltimore Station, Ohio. Following his support of civil service reform he was shot by Charles Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker. Original Publication: People Disc – HD0136 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Today in History: July 2, President Garfield shot by disappointed supporter

By The Associated Press

July 2, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

President James A. Garfield was shot by office seeker Charles J. Guiteau (gee-TOH’) at the...

FILE.- This picture, released by the Iranian government’s foreign media department and distributed by the AP without changes, shows graves being prepared for the victims, mostly children, of a strike Feb. 28 on a primary school in Minab, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Media Department via AP,File)

As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children

By The Associated Press

July 2, 2026 at 6:27 a.m.

More than 120 days later, there remains no final accounting of what happened.

FILE – In this July 1, 1997, file photo, fireworks explode above performers at a show at Beijing’s Workers Stadium which marked the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty. Hong Kong, the former British colony, returns to Chinese rule under the principle of “one country, two systems.” (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)

Today in History: July 1, British rule of Hong Kong ends

By The Associated Press

July 1, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.

Eugene V. Debs, member of the Socialist Party of the USA and presidential candidate, speaks to members of the worker’s union on Aug. 17, 1912, at an unknown location in the USA. (AP Photo) — Eugene V. Debs, Mitglied der Sozialistischen Partei der USA, haelt als Praesidentschaftskandidat vor der Arbeiter-Gewerkschaft eine Rede, aufgenommen am 17. August 1912. (AP Photo)

Today in History: June 30, criticism of US involvement in World War I leads to sedition charge

By The Associated Press

June 30, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Labor activist and socialist Eugene V. Debs was arrested in Cleveland, charged under the Sedition...

Motorbikes drive past a banner showing a portrait of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says this. The US says that. A look at the trickiest issues in the unresolved conflict

By The Associated Press

June 29, 2026 at 2:43 p.m.

The 60-day clock is ticking on further talks between the United States and Iran.

A woman walks past a welcoming billboard featuring Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

US and Iran pause strikes but disagree over next steps on talks

By The Associated Press

June 30, 2026 at 6:02 a.m.

Trump said a meeting with Iran would happen on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar.

US Astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar (R) shakes hands with Russian Cosmonaut Gennady M. Strekalov (L) 29 June on board the Mir Space Station after the crew of the Shuttle Atlantis successfully docked with the Mir. Looking on are cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin (L back), Mir-19 flight engineer, and astronaut Robert L. Gibson (R back), STS-71 mission commander. AFP PHOTO (Photo by – / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Today in History: June 29, space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian space station

By The Associated Press

June 29, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia’s Mir space station as they orbited the...

FILE – An exterior view of the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village section of New York, site of the 1969 riot that sparked the Gay Rights Movement. This photo was taken in May 1994. What became known as the gay liberation movement traces its roots to the 1969 police crackdown of patrons at the Stonewall Inn gay bar in New York City and three days of riots that followed. (AP Photo/Kevin Larkin, File)

Today in History: June 28, police raid at Stonewall Inn sparks gay rights movement

By The Associated Press

June 28, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

Riots broke out following a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, an LGBTQ+ bar in...

Sir Thomas Bland, Deputy Chairman of Barclays Bank, unveils the first Barclaycash machine in the London borough of Enfield, UK, 27th June 1967. Behind him is Mr A. G. Norman, Chairman of De La Rue, and on the right is actor Reg Varney (1916 – 2008). (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Today in History: June 27, first ATM unveiled near London

By The Associated Press

June 27, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Barclays Bank unveiled the first automated teller machine (ATM) in the town of Enfield, north...

UNDATED: This handout from Christie’s shows the cover of J K Rowling’s first novel Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone. Fine printed books and manuscripts, including a rare first edition of J K Rowling’s first novel Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone, is estimated to auction off at12,000 pounds at Christie’s May 3, 2003 in London. Rowling’s latest addition to the series, Harry Potter & The Order of The Phoenix, is expected to be released in bookstores June 21. (Photo by Christie’s/Getty Images)

Today in History: June 26, first Harry Potter novel published

By The Associated Press

June 27, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

The first Harry Potter novel, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling, was...

Franklin Fuentes searches for missing relatives in the collapsed building where they lived two days after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelans take search for the missing into their own hands as earthquake death toll climbs

By The Associated Press

June 26, 2026 at 5:18 p.m.

The death toll from two powerful earthquakes in Venezuela continues to rise.

Residents swim in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz as a small motorboat passes cargo ships and other commercial vessels offshore near Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

US strikes Iran to respond to attack on ship that Trump says violated ceasefire

By The Associated Press

June 26, 2026 at 5:16 p.m.

He called it a “foolish violation” of the ceasefire agreement with the U.S.

Residents walk among the rubble of building damaged in earthquakes the previous day in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)

Venezuelans search rubble for survivors after 2 strong quakes kill at least 188

By The Associated Press

June 25, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.

Panicked residents of the capital were sent pouring into the streets.

Prime Minister-designate Kim Campbell waves to delegates after she won the party’s leadership convention in Ottawa, June 13, 1993. (AP Photo/Phill Snel)

Today in History: June 25, Canada swears in its first woman prime minister

By The Associated Press

June 25, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Kim Campbell was sworn in as Canada’s 19th prime minister, the first woman to hold...

Displaced Palestinian children play on a swing at a tent camp.

UN-commissioned experts accuse Israel of targeting Gaza children, repeat genocide claim

By The Associated Press

June 24, 2026 at 11:17 a.m.

Israel vociferously denies claims that it committed genocide during the war in Gaza.

LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 23: John Isner of USA reacts during his first round match against Nicolas Mahut of France on Day Three of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 23, 2010 in London, England. The match has become the longest in Grand Slam history. (Photo by Hamish Blair/Getty Images)

Today in History: June 24, American wins longest pro tennis match in history

By The Associated Press

June 24, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

American John Isner won the longest professional tennis match in history, defeating Nicolas Mahut of...

Today in History: June 23, Thai soccer team gets trapped in flooded cave

By The Associated Press

June 23, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

12 young soccer players and their coach became trapped in a flooded cave in northern...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – JUNE 22: Argentina player Diego Maradona outjumps England goalkeeper Peter Shilton to score with his ‘Hand of God’ goal as England defenders Kenny Sansom (top) Gary Stevens (c) and Terry Fenwick look on during the 1986 FIFA World Cup Quarter Final at the Azteca Stadium on June 22, 1986 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Allsport/Getty Images)

Today in History: June 22, soccer great scores ‘Hand of God’ goal

By The Associated Press

June 22, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona scored the infamous “Hand of God” goal in the quarterfinals...

SpaceShipOne pilot Michael W. Melvill celebrates atop the craft after landing following his trip to suborbital space at Mojave, Calif., airport Monday, June 21, 2004. SpaceShipOne is a privately developed rocket plane that became the world’s first commercial manned space vehicle and the first non-governmental flight to leave the Earth’s atmosphere. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Today in History: June 21, first privately funded space vehicle takes flight

By The Associated Press

June 21, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

The aircraft SpaceShipOne made the first privately funded human spaceflight.

An African American is dragged from a street car near the downtown section of Detroit on June 21, 1943, and continued to battle in the streets. Military rule in the city was established in an effort to halt the fighting. (AP Photo)

Today in History: June 20, race-related rioting erupts in Detroit

By The Associated Press

June 20, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Race-related rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in by President Franklin D. Roosevelt...

Barber Wissam Srour, 41, holds his daughter’s bicycle recovered from his barbershop as he searches for belongings in the rubble of the shop, damaged in an Israeli strike, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israel and Hezbollah agree to halt fighting as talks between the US and Iran hang in the balance

By The Associated Press

June 19, 2026 at 12:13 p.m.

The fighting deepened doubts about initial agreement to end war in Iran.

Sam “Momo” Giancana, circa Feb. 22, 1963. (Handout photo) most likely from police department. -MM

Today in History: June 19, Chicago mob boss shot to death

By The Associated Press

June 19, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Former Chicago organized crime boss Sam Giancana was shot to death in the basement of...

French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte tries to lead the final assault by his Imperial Guard at the Battle of Waterloo during the Napoleonic War of the Seventh Coalition on 18th June 1815 at Waterloo, Belgium. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Today in History: June 18, Napoleon Bonaparte defeated in the Battle of Waterloo

By The Associated Press

June 18, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo as British and Prussian troops defeated...

FILE – In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor’s secondary circuit as officials and media visit the site near Arak, Iran, Dec. 23, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

The interim US-Iran deal leaves the fate of Tehran’s nuclear program still to be negotiated

By The Associated Press

June 17, 2026 at 3:08 p.m.

There is deep skepticism among both Republican and Democratic lawmakers around the deal.

Don’t Fire until you see the whites of their eyes, tradition says Israel Putnam told his men at stiffly fought Battle of Bunker Hill overlooking Boston shown in 1946 artwork, which colonists finally lost on June 17, 1775. (AP Photo)

Today in History: June 17, the British suffer heavy losses in the Battle of Bunker Hill

By The Associated Press

June 17, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

The Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill resulted in a costly victory for the British,...

A man who returns to his village following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, flashes victory sign as he stands on the rubble of his destroyed house in Nabatiyeh town, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Iran says the initial deal to end the war with the US requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon

By The Associated Press

June 17, 2026 at 6:50 a.m.

A U.S. official has said the deal did not call for an Israeli withdrawal.

FILE – In this Sunday, June 16, 2015, file photo, Donald Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania Trump, is applauded by his daughter Ivanka Trump, right as he’s introduced before his announcement that he will run for president in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. It was the escalator ride that would change history. Four years ago on Sunday, Donald Trump descended through the marble and brass atrium of Trump Tower to announce his candidacy for president. It was the first step on a journey few believed would take him all the way to the White House. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Today in History: June 16, Donald Trump launches presidential campaign

By The Associated Press

June 16, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

Real estate mogul Donald Trump launched his successful campaign for the presidency of the United...

The American Flag flies next to a One9 Fuel Stop sign displaying gas prices.

Oil and gas supplies could take months to return to normal after Iran deal, energy experts say

By The Associated Press

June 15, 2026 at 8:38 a.m.

Ships loaded with crude oil have been stranded in the Persian Gulf for over three...

Health workers prepare the coffin of Angèle Muyumba Nsimire.

Congo reports a record daily increase in Ebola cases a month after outbreak was declared

By The Associated Press

June 15, 2026 at 8:38 a.m.

The current fatality rate of the outbreak is 23%.

A woman waves an Iranian flag during a pro-government campaign as a portrait of the slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, is displayed at right, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Initial deal to end US-Iran war moves toward formal signing despite lingering questions

By The Associated Press

June 15, 2026 at 2:37 p.m.

Details of the agreement were not immediately released.

June 1904: The stricken steamship General Slocum, which caught fire during a pleasure cruise on New York City’s East River, resulting in the loss of over 1,100 lives. Original Publication: Illustrated London News – Fire On Pleasure Steamer Near New York – pub. 1904 (Photo by HultonArchive/Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Today In History: June 15, over 1,000 killed in New York steamboat accident

By The Associated Press

June 15, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

More than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat PS General Slocum in...

Aviation pioneers John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown crash-land their Vickers Vimy aircraft in a bog near the wireless station at Clifden, Ireland, on June 15, 1919, after they complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight from St. Johns, Newfoundland, to the Irish coast. (AP Photo)

Today in History: June 14, aviators take first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean

By The Associated Press

June 14, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown embarked on the first non-stop flight across...

Medical personnel and visitors gather at the nose of a transport plane carrying Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student who was imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016, before he is transferred to an ambulance at Lunken regional airport, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Cincinnati. Warmbier, serving a 15-year prison term for alleged anti-state acts, was released and medically evacuated from the reclusive country Tuesday and has been in a coma for months, his parents said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Today in History: June 13, American college student in a coma released by North Korea

By The Associated Press

June 13, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old American college student, was released by North Korea in a coma...

FILE – Vice President JD Vance, left, talks to Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir, right, and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, center, before boarding Air Force Two after attending talks on Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

US and Iran have agreed to wording of a deal to end their war, Pakistan’s prime minister says

By The Associated Press

June 12, 2026 at 8:11 p.m.

Officials say U.S. and Iran are closing in on a deal to end war and...

FILE – U.S. President Ronald Reagan acknowledges the crowd after his speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, where he said “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” June 12, 1987. U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1983 famously branded Russia an “evil empire.” Five years later, he recanted the description at a summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. (AP Photo/Ira Schwartz, File)

Today in History: June 12, Reagan urges Gorbachev to ‘tear down this wall’

By The Associated Press

June 12, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

President Ronald Reagan, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, exhorted Soviet...

A woman adjusts her headscarf as she crosses an intersection in Tehran.

Trump calls off latest threats to strike Iran, cites breakthrough in talks to end the war

By The Associated Press

June 12, 2026 at 6:14 a.m.

Trump had said the U.S. would hit Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT.”

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to supporters from Conservative Party headquarters in London after claiming victory in Britain’s general election, June 12, 1987. Thatcher won a record third successive term in office when her party captured a majority of the seats in Parliament. Man at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Gerald Penny)

Today in History: June 11, Margaret Thatcher wins third term as British prime minister

By The Associated Press

June 11, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Margaret Thatcher became the first British prime minister in over 160 years to win a...

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