Today is Wednesday, March 12, the 71st day of 2025. There are 294 days left in the year.Today in history:On March 12, 1930, Mohandas Gandhi began his 24-day, 240 mile (387 kilometer) “Salt March” to the Indian village of Dandi (then called Navsari) as an act of non-violent civil disobedience[Read More…]

Today is Wednesday, March 5, the 64th day of 2025. There are 301 days left in the year.Today in history:On March 5, 1770, the Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers who’d been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing five people.Also on this date:In 1933, in German[Read More…]

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2025. There are 308 days left in the year.Today in history:On Feb. 26, 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York’s World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring[Read More…]

Tamira Madsen, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nate Bittle had 23 points and Jackson Shelstad made a desperation 3 to force overtime as Oregon beat No. 11 Wisconsin 77-73 on Saturday.Bittle, a 7-foot center, scored six points in overtime to help snap Wisconsin’s five-game winning streak. Shelstad scored 13[Read More…]

Today in History: February 19, FDR signs order authorizing Japanese-American internmentBy The Associated Press undefinedToday is Wednesday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2025. There are 315 days left in the year.Today in history:On Feb. 19, 1942, during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which[Read More…]

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2025. There are 329 days left in the year.Today in history:On Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history. Though a majority of senators expressed unease with[Read More…]

Today in History: January 29, Bush warns of ‘axis of evil’Today is Wednesday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2025. There are 336 days left in the year.Today in history:On Jan. 29, 2002, in his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush said terrorists were still threatening[Read More…]

Today in History: January 22, Supreme Court issues Roe v. Wade decisionToday is Wednesday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2025. There are 343 days left in the year.Today in history:On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to[Read More…]

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2025. There are 350 days left in the year.Today in history:On Jan. 15, 2009, US Airways Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger landed an Airbus A320 safely in the Hudson River after striking a flock of birds that disabled both engines shortly after[Read More…]