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The Martinsburg Journal· 2 days agoToday is Thursday, May 2, the 123rd day of 2024. There are 243 days left in the year. On May 2, 1994, Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South...
Hundreds of Russian Troops Gathered Out In The Open. They Didn’t Know The Ukrainians Had Aimed Four...
Forbes· 1 day agoKuban, a settlement in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, is 60 miles from the front line of Russia’s 27-month wider war on Ukraine. This helps to explain why, on or just before Wednesday, potentially ...
Florida's 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care
Stamford Advocate· 2 days agoThe start of the new ban also brought Vice President Kamala Harris to Jacksonville, where she said...
Judge grants autopsy rules requested by widow of Mississippi man found dead after vanishing
Stamford Advocate· 19 hours agoA Mississippi judge granted a request Thursday by the widow of a deceased man who vanished under...
The mistrial madness edition | Inside Johnny Doc’s Trial
Philly.com· 4 days agoWay past your faithful newsletter writers’ bedtimes on Thursday, the extortion trial of former labor...
Columnist J.M. Sorrell: Days to remember
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 3 days agoDay became International Worker’s (labor) Day. On May 16, 1874 — 150 years ago — the Mill River Flood killed 139 people from Williamsburg to Leeds, and...
A Match Made in MAGA: How a Friendship Helped J.D. Vance Land on Trump’s V.P. List
New York Times· 6 days agoIt was just 43 days before the 2022 Republican primary in Ohio, and former President Donald J. Trump...
Arizona waves goodbye to 1864 abortion ban with governor poised to sign repeal
Stamford Advocate· 24 hours agoArizona is waving goodbye to a Civil War-era ban of nearly all abortions as a repeal bill reaches...
Today in History: May 2, Nelson Mandela claims victory in first democratic South Africa elections
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 days agoToday is Thursday, May 2, the 123rd day of 2024. On May 2, 1994, Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South Africa’s first democratic elections; President F.W. de Klerk acknowledged ...
Today in History: May 6, the Hindenburg crashes in flames in New Jersey, killing 97
Midland Reporter-Telegram· 4 days agoIn 1882, President Chester Alan Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese immigrants from the U.S. for 10 years (Arthur had opposed ...