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This Day in History

Lifestyle

This Day in History

Dec 30, 2025

On Dec. 30, 2006, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi High Tribunal. Hussein was captured in 2003 by U.S. forces while hiding near his hometown of Tikrit.

This Day in History

Lifestyle

This Day in History

Apr 26, 2025

On April 26, 1986, in the worst nuclear disaster in history, an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused radioactive fallout to begin spewing into the atmosphere. Dozens of people were killed in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, while the long-term death toll from radiation poisoning is believed to number in the thousands.

Today in History

Entertainment

Today in History

The Associated Press
Dec 30, 2024

Today is Monday, Dec. 30, the 365th day of 2024. There is one day left in the year.

Today in History • Monday, June 17, 2024

Entertainment

Today in History • Monday, June 17, 2024

The Associated Press
Jun 17, 2024

Today is Monday, June 17, the 169th day of 2024. There are 197 days left in the year.

This Day in History

Lifestyle

This Day in History

Updated Apr 13, 2025

Today is Sunday, June 5, the 156th day of 2022. There are 209 days left in the year.

Supreme Court won't review decision that freed Bill Cosby

Arts & Entertainment

Supreme Court won't review decision that freed Bill Cosby

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press
Mar 7, 2022

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court quietly announced Monday that it would not review Bill Cosby's sexual assault case, leaving him a f…

Bill Cosby prosecutors take case to US high court

Arts & Entertainment

Bill Cosby prosecutors take case to US high court

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press
Nov 29, 2021

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling that overturned Bill Cosby's conviction, arguing in a petiti…

Whither #MeToo? Chilling effect of Cosby reversal feared

National

Whither #MeToo? Chilling effect of Cosby reversal feared

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer
Jul 1, 2021

When Indira Henard, director of the DC Rape Crisis Center, received the text message Wednesday, she thought she wasn't reading her phone corre…

Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned

Arts & Entertainment

Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press
Jun 30, 2021

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania's highest court threw out Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in a …

Bill Cosby appeal will test scope of #MeToo prosecutions

Arts & Entertainment

Bill Cosby appeal will test scope of #MeToo prosecutions

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press
Jun 23, 2020

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In a stunning decision that could test the legal framework of #MeToo cases, Pennsylvania's highest court will review the t…

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