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Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican culture, not independence
05/05/2023 04:15pm • PHOENIX (AP) — American bars and restaurants gear up every year for Cinco de Mayo, offering special deals on Mexican food and alcoholic drinks for the May 5 holiday that is barely celebrated south of the border. In the United States, the date is largely seen as a celebration of Mexican American c
Germany sets up panel to review 1972 Munich Olympic attack
04/21/2023 04:15am • BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Friday it has set up an international commission of experts to review the events surrounding the 1972 attack on the Munich Olympics, a panel that was part of an agreement reached last year with relatives of the
11
Israeli team members who were killed by Pal
Twenty years on, reflection and regret on 2002 Iraq war vote
03/27/2023 12:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow was sitting in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s conference room at the Pentagon, listening to him make the case that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction. At some point in the presentation — one of many lawmaker briefings by P
'Man on Wire' legend Philippe Petit performs 'Wonder on the Wire' at National Building Museum in DC
03/20/2023 01:22pm • Hear our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” His stunning 1974 high-wire walk across New York City's ill-fated Twin Towers was chronicled in the Oscar-winning documentary "Man on Wire" (2008), and again in the narrative flick "The Walk" (2015). This week, Philippe Pe
Senate takes first step in repealing Iraq War authorizations
03/16/2023 05:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate took a first step Thursday toward repealing two measures that give open-ended approval for military action in Iraq, pushing to end that authority as the United States marks the 20th
anniversary
of the Iraq War. Senators voted 68-27 to move forward on legislation that w
USA Basketball to play Greece, Germany at Abu Dhabi
03/08/2023 07:30am • USA Basketball will play a pair of games in Abu Dhabi this summer on its way to the World Cup in the Philippines. The federation announced an agreement with Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism on Wednesday, and as part of that deal the U.S. will bring Germany and Greece there for games i
Born after 9/
11
, Homeland Security turns 20 facing new tasks
03/01/2023 04:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal agency born in the aftermath of
Sept.
11
when the primary concern was stopping terrorists from entering the U.S. is changing to meet new challenges, said the secretary of homeland security as he marked its 20-year
anniversary
during a ceremony Wednesday. Alejandro Mayo
'Powder keg' for 9/
11
: 1993 trade center bombing remembered
02/26/2023 06:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Lolita Jackson was at her 72nd-floor desk in the World Trade Center, feeling like she worked at the top of the world. Then came the boom, and smoke started curling in from an elevator shaft. Unsure what was happening, she joined thousands of other office workers on a harrowing tre
Astros celebrate, Cubs-Cardinals in London mark schedule
02/13/2023 12:12pm • CHICAGO (AP) — So many returns for baseball this summer. Some happy, some not so much. Here are some dates to remember for the coming season: THURSDAY, MARCH 30 Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros: Jose Altuve and the Astros get another opportunity to celebrate the franchise's second World Series
US, French troops in Romania hold NATO military drills
02/09/2023 09:00am • CAPU MIDIA, Romania (AP) — U.S. and French troops that are part of a NATO battlegroup in Romania held a military exercise on Thursday to test the 30-nation alliance’s eastern flank defenses, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine nears its one-year
anniversary
. The joint combat
Ukraine building suffers deadliest civilian attack in months
01/15/2023 02:45pm • DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 30 Sunday, the national emergencies service reported as rescue workers scrambled to reach survivors in the rubble. Emergency crews worked through the f
Departing WTOP staffers share highlights of their time at the station
12/26/2022 01:00am • Tuning in to 103.5 WTOP-FM is second nature to millions of people who drive in the D.C. area. Whether you're driving to work, going home, picking up your kids from school, or going into the city for a night-out, the voice of WTOP has been the welcomed back seat driver who actually knows how to get y
Steelers and Raiders meet amid bittersweet goodbye to Harris
12/22/2022 06:32pm • LAS VEGAS (6-8) at PITTSBURGH (6-8) Saturday, 8:15 p.m. EST, NFL Network FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NFL LINE: Steelers by 2 1/2. AGAINST THE SPREAD: Raiders 7-7; Pittsburgh 7-6-1 SERIES RECORD: Raiders lead 14-10 LAST MEETING: Raiders beat the Steelers 26-17 on
Sept.
19, 2021. LAST WEEK: Raiders beat Patrio
Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing appears in US court
12/12/2022 07:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — More than three decades after a bomb brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing everyone aboard, a former Libyan intelligence official accused of making the explosive appeared Monday in federal court, charged with an act of international terrorism. The ex
Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing now in American custody
12/12/2022 05:17am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into U.S. custody and will face federal charges in Washington, the Justice Department said Sunday. T
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