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Today in History

By The Associated Press Mar. 26, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Friday, March 26, the 85th day of 2021. There are 280 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - Author Lawrence Ferlinghetti recites a poem after he was awarded the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the National Book Awards in New York, on Nov. 16, 2005. Ferlinghetti, a poet, publisher and bookseller has died in San Francisco at age 101. His son says Ferlinghetti died at home on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Ferlinghetti helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement. He was known for his City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, an essential meeting place for the Beats and other bohemians in the 1950s and beyond. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)
Beat poet, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101

By Janie Har And Hillel Italie Feb. 23, 2021 02:57 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2019, file photo, Kyle Larson sits in his car before the final practice for a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan. Kyle Larson was fired by Chip Ganassi Racing, a day after nearly every one of his sponsors dropped the star driver for using a racial slur during a live stream of a virtual race. Of course, in a sport with an extremely checkered racial history, he's already lined up a new gig for 2021 at Hendrick Motorsports. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, File)
Column: 2020 is perfect for socially distanced Newby Awards

By Paul Newberry Dec. 25, 2020 12:18 PM EST

Delaware River Port Authority postpones toll increase

Dec. 10, 2020 08:59 AM EST
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Motorists who cross the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania will have some extra money in their pockets. ...

FILE - In this May 22, 2020, file photo, a raindrop falls from an American flag at half-staff at the Washington Monument, in Washington. President Donald Trump ordered American flags to be flown at half-staff for a three day period in remembrance of Americans who have lost their lives due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
American virus deaths at 100,000: What does a number mean?

By Ted Anthony May. 27, 2020 03:02 AM EDT

In this July 6, 2015, photo released by Camp Kiwanis, games instructor John Griffin, right, shouts directions through a megaphone as campers look on at Camp Kiwanis in the Ocala National Forest near Ocala, Fla. Camp Kiwanis will not open this summer for the first time in 72 years due to concerns about spread of the novel coronavirus. Camps across the U.S. are scrambling to make a similar decision about summer 2020 and parents are getting a first wave of closure notices for some camps in harder-hit states. (Scott Mitchell/Camp Kiwanis via AP)
With camps shut, families face summer in the great indoors

By Gillian Flaccus May. 05, 2020 12:42 PM EDT