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Almanac for Oct. 7, 2025

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 7, the 280th day of 2025. There are 85 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2023, Hamas-led militants launched air and ground attacks on Israel, killing nearly 1,200 and taking more than 250 hostages. The attacks, followed hours later by Israeli counterattacks, ...

Who will protect us from the protectors?

In the same week in which President Donald Trump announced that he was federalizing 200 Oregon National Guard soldiers and dispatching them to the streets of Portland, he quietly signed a Presidential National Security Memorandum that purports to federalize policing. The Memorandum, just like ...

Trump celebrates US Navy’s 250th anniversary in midst of shutdown

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump did not let the government shutdown interfere with a stop in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to salute the Navy as it celebrates its 250th anniversary. "I believe, 'THE SHOW MUST GO ON!'" Trump posted Friday night on his social media site, Truth ...

Almanac for Oct. 6, 2025

Today is Monday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2025. There are 86 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad while reviewing a military parade. Also on this date: In 1927, the era of talking pictures ...

Putting service before self in the community

Many of us have seen community service organizations in action, ranging from hosting and funding charitable events to supporting local youth groups. The list of their involvement in community support projects and program extends far and wide. These service organizations go by a multitude of ...

Many NY minutes before new mayor gets elected

Right before New York's Democratic mayoral primary, political seers declared with enormous confidence that Andrew Cuomo would easily beat Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani. They were wrong. Now, about a month before the general election where Cuomo is running as an independent, the same ...