This year’s Kennedy Center Honors will be at Washington’s Capital One Arena, not the riverfront building that’s been at the center of a legal fight over adding President Donald Trump’s name to the building. The 49th-annual awards are set to take place at Washington’s downtown arena, ...
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Today is Saturday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2026. There are 89 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a reunified country. Also on this date: In 1873, Modoc leader Kintpuash was hanged at Fort Klamath, Oregon, after being convicted of his role in the deaths of U.S. negotiators during the Modoc War, a conflict in which his people resisted relocation. Kintpuash was the only Native American leader charged and convicted of a war crime by the U.S.. In 1944, during World War II, U.S. ...
An in-law, age 95 and on her deathbed, was having some final conversations. She brought up a memory of her own mother, who had lost a 2-year-old daughter to a childhood disease. When she misbehaved as a child, the elderly woman recalled, “My mother would say, ‘I wish you had died instead ...
The Internal Revenue Service encourages taxpayers to take simple steps to strengthen online security during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which highlights the role everyone can play in protecting personal, financial and tax information from identity thieves and scammers. “Criminals continue to look for new ways to steal taxpayer information and exploit trusted partnerships,” IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank J. Bisignano said in a news release. “Taxpayers and tax professionals can help protect sensitive information and strengthen the security of the tax system by making ...
