A decade later, Colin Kaepernick is as tiresome as ever. To mark the 10-year anniversary of his kneeling during the National Anthem, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback is out with a new memoir, "The Perilous Fight." (Get it?) In an interview with NBC News in advance of the book's ...
By now, all area schools are back in session, with the long Labor Day weekend providing an early break after a week or two of classes. As parents and caregivers well know, when students begin sharing spaces with others in the close confines of school, they'll likely encounter a host of viruses and other bugs circulating indoors. Children average more than two to three colds each year, according to the American Lung Association. To limit such exposures for others, it's important for families to know when a child should stay home from school and when it is safe to return, Aspirus Health ...
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2026. There are 113 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 staff members hostage and demanding improvements to inmate treatment and living conditions. Also on this date: In 1776, the second Continental Congress formally adopted the name "United States of America," replacing the "United Colonies of North America." In 1850, California was admitted as the 31st U.S. state. In 1919, about 1,100 members ...
I was sitting in my home office not far from the Pentagon when it happened. The TV behind me had the sound lowered but I suddenly became aware of a major development. I reached for the remote and cranked up the audio. A plane had struck one of the twin towers in New York. TV anchors ...
The recent suppression of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's torture-tainted confessions at Guantanamo Bay is far more than a victory for a defendant. It is a victory for the Constitution. The United States government today alleges that Mohammed was the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, a crime of ...
