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Almanac for Oct. 12, 2026

Monday, Oct. 12, is the 285th day of 2026. There will be 80 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2002, bombs blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants destroyed two nightclubs on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people, many of them foreign tourists. Also on this date: In 1492, Christopher Columbus’s first expedition made landfall on what is now San Salvador Island in the Bahamas. In 1870, General Robert E. Lee, former overall commander of the Confederate States Army in the Civil War, died in Lexington, Virginia, at age 63. In 1960, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ...

Vance expresses doubts about plan to livestream execution

HEBRON, Ky. (AP) — Vice President JD Vance cast doubt Friday on whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters if it is livestreamed, “I’m not going to be watching it.” The Republican vice president said, “I ...

Stop the hysteria over Flock cameras

In the bad old crime days of New York City, I spent a Christmas Eve waiting outside an emergency room. Our foursome had been violently robbed in a subway station, and I was eager for the doctor’s report on one member who’d suffered a concussion fighting off a mugger. Because someone got ...

Almanac for Oct. 10, 2026

Today is Saturday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2026. There are 82 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, resigned his office and pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion. President Richard Nixon later tapped congressman Gerald Ford to replace Agnew. Nixon resigned in 1974 amid the Watergate scandal and Ford succeeded him. Also on this date: In 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Maryland, with an inaugural class of 50 students. In 1911, Chinese revolutionaries launched an ...

I hope America has more trillionaires

How much money should any one person have? When Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, people got mad. “He will own everything!” claims a popular YouTuber. “He will own your house ... your country ... your government.” Comedian Bill Maher, lately a voice of reason, ...

Media attorneys ask for court’s help on Trump’s White House ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney for three news organizations told a federal judge Thursday the Trump administration must be prevented from barring their reporters from the White House, saying the ban is a classic example of “viewpoint discrimination” that is punishing people for what they ...