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Today in History

By The Associated Press Jun. 15, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Tuesday, June 15, the 166th day of 2021. There are 199 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - In this May 29, 2018, file photo, then-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens announces his resignation during a news conference in Jefferson City. Greitens, the former Navy SEAL officer who rose quickly to become Missouri governor before scandal forced him out of office just a year and a half into his tenure, is making a political comeback with a bid for the Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Roy Blunt. (Julie Smith/The Jefferson City News-Tribune via AP, File)
Ex-Missouri Gov. Greitens announces 2022 US Senate bid

By Jim Salter Mar. 22, 2021 08:03 PM EDT

FILE - Iona head coach Rick Pitino celebrates after Iona won an NCAA college basketball game against Fairfield during the finals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament in Atlantic City, N.J., in this Saturday, March 13, 2021, file photo.Rick Pitino survived sex scandals and FBI investigations , won national championships , and when his coaching options seemingly dried up , he left for Greece. Somehow , the winding road of his career took him to Iona - and back in the NCAA Tournament. The last stop - he swears it’s true - of his career. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Pitino rises from ashes of scandal for rebirth at Iona

By Dan Gelston Mar. 18, 2021 06:11 PM EDT

In this April 27, 2020 image from video provided by KRCG-TV, former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens delivers masks to first responders in Columbia, Mo. Greitens passed out masks across the state in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic last spring. (KRCG-TV via The AP)
Is Blunt's exit an opening for ex-Gov. Greitens to return?

By Jim Salter Mar. 09, 2021 04:56 PM EST

Luigi Ventura 's lawyer Solange Doumic, right, answers journalists after the verdict, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 in Paris. A Paris court on Wednesday convicted former Vatican ambassador to France 76-year-old Luigi Ventura of sexually assaulting five men in 2018 and 2019, and handed him a suspended 8-month prison sentence. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Paris court convicts former Vatican envoy of sexual assault

By Masha Macpherson Dec. 16, 2020 10:42 AM EST

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., celebrates at a election night rally Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Mooresville, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
North Carolina Sen. Tillis reelected, keeps seat for GOP

By Gary D. Robertson Nov. 11, 2020 05:07 PM EST

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., listen during a Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business meeting, including the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Hannah Mckay/Pool via AP)
Cunningham keeps low in NC Senate race marked by his affair

By Gary D. Robertson Oct. 24, 2020 10:30 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Jul. 08, 2020 03:56 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ July 7 The Washington Post on...