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By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, June 12, the 163rd day of 2025. There are 202 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 12, 2016, a gunman opened fire at the Pulse nightclub, a gay establishment in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 people dead and 53 wounded; Omar ...

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Today is Tuesday, June 11, the 163rd day of 2024. There are 203 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 11, 1955, in motor racing's worst disaster, more than 80 people were killed during the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France when two of the cars collided and crashed into ...

Escape and return

CAM RANH, Vietnam - The story sounds like a "Mission Impossible" script. Fifty years ago, near the end of the Vietnam war as North Vietnamese troops headed south, the director of the Cam Ranh Christian Orphanage, Pastor Nguyen Xuan Ha - known to everyone as Mr. Ha - decided it was time to ...

What to know about Trump’s deployment of Marines and National Guard

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marines and additional National Guard troops headed to Los Angeles on Tuesday, sent in by President Donald Trump in response to protests over immigration raids despite the objections of the governor and local leaders. The authorization came amid mostly peaceful protests in ...

Almanac

Today is Tuesday, June 10, the 161st day of 2025. There are 204 days left in the year. Today in History Today is Monday, June 10, the 162nd day of 2024. There are 204 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 10, 1967, six days of war in the Mideast involving Israel, ...

The Human Rights Campaign

NEW YORK — Why does Uber make videos where people say, "I'm non-binary or genderqueer"? And why does Lockheed Martin fund floats at Pride parades? Because companies want to raise their score on the Human Rights Campaign's "Corporate Equality Index." Equality is a good thing. I support ...