Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, thinks he’s another JFK, not in terms of charm or wit but as a fellow victim of religious bigotry. When he ran for president in 1960, Jack Kennedy indeed encountered anti-Catholic prejudice, including the preposterous claim that ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Conservative activists James O’Keefe and Cam Higby were charged Wednesday with unlawful voting and identity theft after a Minnesota prosecutor said they gave false names to poll workers during the state’s primary election. The men recorded the exchanges for a video to ...
Today is Thursday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of 2026. There are 63 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1929, “Black Tuesday” descended on the New York Stock Exchange. Stock prices collapsed amid panicked selling, $14 billion in value was lost, and thousands of investors were wiped out, triggering America’s Great Depression. Also on this date: In 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, the English courtier, military adventurer and poet, was executed in London for allegedly conspiring against King James I. In 1787, the opera “Don Giovanni” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had its world ...
SAN FRANCISCO – If media interviews with voters are to be believed, some people – perhaps many – will cast their midterm votes based on the high price of gasoline. It’s one thing to read about high California gas prices, it’s another to fill up my 20-gallon rental car with regular ...
U.S. and Cuban officials engaged in a stunning shouting match on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, the latest in a series of public spats between the longtime adversaries over Washington’s escalating economic campaign against Havana. The interaction began shortly ...
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2026. There are 64 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. Also on this date: In 1636, the General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College. In 1858, Rowland Hussey Macy opened his first New York store at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan. In 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, which provided the means for enforcement of a Prohibition-era ban on alcohol, over ...
