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By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, June 7, the 158th day of 2025. There are 207 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 7, 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood ...

A long walk to protest ICE

WASHINGTON — On foot and carrying flags, they crossed the Mason-Dixon line -- the old American border between slavery and freedom - walking to Washington, D.C., over the course of three weeks in May. They canoed across the broad, grand Susquehanna River. They walked more than 300 miles ...

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By The Associated Press Today's Highlight in History: On June 6, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on "D-Day" as they began the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe. On this date: In 1844, the Young Men's Christian Association was ...

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By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, June 5, the 156th day of 2025. There are 209 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary at the ...

Trump’s promised steel and aluminum tariffs go into effect

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. PresiTrump's promised steel and aluminum tariffs go into effect dent Donald Trump hiked nearly all of his tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to a punishing 50% on Wednesday in a move that's set to hammer businesses from automakers to home builders, and likely push ...