By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Tuesday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2023. There are 68 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect. On this date: In 1537, Jane ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told a crowd of Democratic donors over the weekend about a decades-old photo he took with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an aside that seemed intended to illustrate his long support of Israel and track record of speaking bluntly with the conservative ...
You can practically hear young eyes roll when their elders describe their glory days. And yet, the fact that Michigan’s peak was 70 years ago, salary-wise, combined with eye-popping per-hour rates in the public sector locally, raises too few eyebrows. Per capita census data indicates ...
By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Monday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2023. There are 69 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International ...
WASHINGTON — On “ 60 Minutes” last Sunday, President Biden said he thinks it would be a “mistake ... for Israel to occupy ... Gaza again.” He also conceded that eliminating Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon “is a necessary requirement.” At the same time, the president said, ...
This week’s bouquets go to: From Joseph Hellberg of Gladstone: I can not remember the last time I went to an opening night (where I wasn’t on a stage or in the pit playing my trumpet), but I want to say congratulations to Jeff Woerpel, the entire cast/crew, and production staff. I found ...