Today in History

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:00:36 -0400

Today in History Today is Saturday, July 24, the 205th day of 2021. There are 160 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts — two of whom had been the first men to set foot on the moon — splashed down safely in the Pacific. On this date: On July 24, 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate by Scottish nobles in favor of her infant son James, who became King of Scotland at the age of one. In 1847, Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah. In 1858, Republican senatorial candidate Abraham Lincoln formally challenged Democrat Stephen A. Douglas to a series of political debates; the result was seven face-to-face encounters. In 1862, Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, and the first to have been born a U.S. citizen, died at age 79 in Kinderhook, New York, the town where he was born in 1782. In 1866, Tennessee became the first state...

Dealership apologizes for derogatory term for Black customer

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 23:16:54 -0400

A North Carolina car dealership has apologized for a derogatory term posted to its social media page to identify a Black woman who bought a car from the business

Western wildfires: Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 22:41:49 -0400

As fires in California threaten homes, crews in Oregon are making progress against the nation’s largest wildfire

Firefighters officially end search in Florida condo collapse

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 22:39:46 -0400

Firefighters have officially ended their search for bodies in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo building

Louisiana auxiliary deputy, 82, killed working at crash site

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 21:59:08 -0400

Louisiana auxiliary deputy, 82, killed while working at a crash site.

UN adopts first resolution on vision, aims to help 1 billion

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 20:43:28 -0400

The U.N. General Assembly has approved its first-ever resolution on vision

Woman convicted in kidnapping gets re-sentencing hearing

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 19:18:30 -0400

A woman convicted in the 1987 kidnapping and death of a northern Illinois businessman has been granted a re-sentencing hearing by the state’s appellate court

Woman hurt when Winston Smith was killed sues authorities

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 19:16:19 -0400

A woman who was with a St. Paul man when he was shot and killed in Minneapolis by members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force last month is suing, claiming she was emotionally traumatized and her civil rights were violated

I-40 bridge in Tennessee likely won't reopen until August

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:38:58 -0400

The Tennessee Department of Transportation now says it will likely be early August before the Interstate 40 bridge between Arkansas and Tennessee can reopen to traffic

Expert: Slain Uber rider's DNA found under suspect's nails

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:16:45 -0400

A forensic scientist says she found what is almost definitely the victim’s DNA under the fingernails of the South Carolina man accused of killing a woman who mistook his car for her Uber ride