Monday, May 25, is the 145th day of 2026. There will be 220 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and pleading he couldn't ...
Today is Saturday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2026. There are 222 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death during a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Also on this date: In 1915, Italy declared war on ...
While the world watched the pomp of Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing, the U.S. was turning up the pressure thousands of miles away. Its oil blockade has plunged Cuba into a humanitarian crisis, sparking nationwide blackouts that have prompted rare protests, closing schools and universities and ...
Billionaire Tom Steyer used his money to attack a lone climate researcher. Roger Pielke Jr.'s research on climate and disaster policy wins awards and is cited by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "My views are entirely mainstream," says Pielke. "My work is cited ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and America's top diplomat on Thursday again raised the specter of U.S. military intervention in Cuba, a renewed threat that takes on greater weight a day after the administration announced criminal charges against the island's former leader, Raúl ...