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Team Hungary celebrate on the podium after winning bronze in the mixed team relay final during the short track speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
China wins 1st gold of home Olympics in short track relay

By Beth Harris Feb. 05, 2022 09:05 AM EST

FILE - Human right groups gather on the United Nations international Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, 2021, in front of the Bank of China building in Taipei, Taiwan, to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The four Taiwanese athletes competing in Beijing for the Winter Olympics, which open Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, can’t use Taiwan’s flag. For Taiwan, every appearance on the global stage is fraught with politics, and even more so when that stage is China. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
For Taiwan's Olympics team, everything is in a name

By Huizhong Wu Feb. 02, 2022 12:05 AM EST

FILE - Arianna Fontana of Italy leads the field during their women's 1000 meters short track speedskating quarterfinal in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 22, 2018. Eight-time Olympic medalist Arianna Fontana of Italy is the defending champion in the 500-meter race. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Ready to rumble: Mixed relay debuts in short track skating

By Beth Harris Jan. 14, 2022 02:06 PM EST

Today in History

By The Associated Press Jun. 20, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Sunday, June 20, the 171st day of 2021. There are 194 days left in the year. This is Father’s Day. Summer begins...

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2020 photo, Baltimore Police Academy cadets listen to an instructor during an on the field class session learning to direct traffic, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Baltimore. As rising murder rates gain attention in U.S. cities, Republicans have ramped up misleading attacks by casting Democrats as anti-police. It's a message they believe helped them stave off greater Democratic gains and one with renewed potency particularly in cities that cut police department budgets amid calls to overhaul policing last year. It's not clear whether the GOP strategy, with roots back to President Nixon's law-and-order message, will be a success for a party that has little support in American cities. But Republicans hope to stem their decline in suburbs with by attacking Democrats' on domestic safety. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats' policing policy

By Thomas Beaumont Jun. 13, 2021 08:59 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo a protester holds a sign that reads "Defund Police" during a rally for the late George Floyd outside Barclays Center in New York. Some police organizations and Republican politicians are blaming Democrats and last year's defund the police effort for a troubling rise in homicides in many cities across the country. The increases are real, and some cities did make modest cuts to police spending. But the claims by Republicans overlook the fact homicides are up in many cities, including ones that increased police spending or have Republican mayors. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Homicides are up, but GOP misleads with claims about blame

By David Klepper And Gary Fields Jun. 10, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

James "Lap" Baker, a 1970 Jackson State College graduate, speaks on May 13, 2021, in Jackson, Miss., about the May 15, 1970, incident where white local police and Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers marched onto campus of the historically Black school and opened fire on students, claiming they had seen a sniper. Baker is among about 70 graduates being honored as the school, now called Jackson State University, is holding a graduation ceremony 51 years after it canceled the 1970 commencement after the violence. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
A university honors its grads 51 years after police shooting

By Emily Wagster Pettus May. 14, 2021 01:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. economy has been showing unexpected strength in recent weeks, with barometers of hiring, spending and manufacturing all surging. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
Powell's high-stakes bet: More jobs but only mild inflation

By Christopher Rugaber May. 01, 2021 10:50 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks during an event to mark Amtrak's 50th anniversary at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
All aboard! Biden celebrates Amtrak's 50 years on the rails

By Darlene Superville Apr. 30, 2021 10:51 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 30, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Friday, April 30, the 120th day of 2021. There are 245 days left in the year. Today’s...

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 27, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Tuesday, April 27, the 117th day of 2021. There are 248 days left in the year. Today’s...

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 22, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Thursday, April 22, the 112th day of 2021. There are 253 days left in the year. Today’s...

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, walks from the Oval Office to speak at a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Japan, US showcase alliance, resolve in dealing with China

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Mari Yamaguchi And Aamer Madhani Apr. 16, 2021 12:16 PM EDT

In this image provided by The Richard Nixon Library & Museum, shows two sides of a letter that Prince Philip wrote to President Richard Nixon. (The Richard Nixon Library & Museum via AP)
Princely letter: Philip apologized to Nixon for 'lame' toast

By Will Weissert Apr. 16, 2021 01:13 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 01, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Thursday, April 1, the 91st day of 2021. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool’s Day. ...

FILE - In this Saturday, April 12, 2003, file photo, talk radio host G. Gordon Liddy speaks at a rally for troops in Washington. In Washington, 10 blocks from an anti-war demonstration, supporters of the war effort drew thousands to their own rally. Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, has died at age 90. His son, Thomas Liddy, confirmed the death Tuesday, March 30, 2021, but did not reveal the cause. (AP Photo/Lisa Nipp, File)
G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate mastermind, dead at 90

By Will Lester Mar. 31, 2021 12:07 AM EDT

FILE - This Jan. 16, 2001, file photo shows G. Gordon Liddy, a Watergate conspirator, arriving at Baltimore's federal courthouse. Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, has died at age 90. His son, Thomas Liddy, confirmed the death Tuesday, March 30, 2021, but did not reveal the cause. (AP Photo/Roberto Borea, File)
G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate mastermind, dead at 90

By Will Lester Mar. 30, 2021 08:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 1963, file photo President Richard Nixon speaks during first news conference as president in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo, File)
Biden readies for 1st news conference, White House tradition

By Calvin Woodward Mar. 24, 2021 12:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 1973, file photo, oil ministers of six Persian Gulf countries and representatives of western nations meet in Vienna, Austria, to negotiate price boosts sought by oil producers. Facing each other, are from left to right, Dr. Jamshid Amouzegar, then Iran Finance Minister, then Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yanani. Yamani, a long-serving oil minister in Saudi Arabia who led the kingdom through the 1973 oil crisis, the nationalization its state energy company and later found himself kidnapped by the assassin Carlos the Jackal, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in London. He was 90. (AP Photo, File)
Long-serving Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani dies at 90

By Jon Gambrell Feb. 23, 2021 03:43 AM EST

Today in History

By The Associated Press Feb. 21, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Sunday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2021. There are 313 days left in the year. Today’s...