Every day has a history tied to it — small moments, big turns, lives changed. What happened on October 17? In 1777, British ...

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The longest government shutdown in U.S. history happened in Trump's first term in office. In December 2018, the federal government shut down due to a lack of appropriations. The 35-day standoff began ...

A woman gave birth to one of the largest newborns ever delivered at a Nashville hospital, plus foods you should eat instead ...

How are you feeling, given all the horrible things that have happened so quickly with Trump’s return to power? I am worried and apprehensive. We all knew in advance that Trump’s second term would be ...

1906: The Chicago White Sox — nicknamed the “Hitless Wonders” (manager Fielder Jones ‘ team hit .230, the worst in the American League during the 1906 season with only seven home runs) — defeated the ...

1994: Five-year-old Eric Morse was dropped from the 14th floor of the Ida B. Wells public housing complex by Jesse Rankins, ...

The S&P 500 soared 26% in 2023. It followed with a 25% gain in 2024. As of the market close on Oct. 10, 2025, the S&P is up a ...

The fraying of my family and our working-class hometown ...

The White House Cabinet meeting held in April was weird for a great many reasons, but it was a comment from Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that stood out. At Donald Trump’s “direction,” the health ...

The concept of a government shutdown is still relatively new in the U.S. There have been 21 federal government shutdowns since the 1970s. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history took place ...