Today in Sports - Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest women’s figure skating world champion at 14
1997 — Tara Lipinski’s jumps, the cleanest and the surest in women’s figure skating, lift the 14-year-old into history as the youngest women’s world champion. 2000 — Pat Verbeek of the Detroit Red ...
Today in Sports - Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record of 801 goals all-time
1994 — Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record of 801 goals. 1996 — Todd Eldredge becomes the first American in eight years to win the gold medal at the World Figure Skating Championships.
Who are the Mennonites in a Texas community where measles is spreading?
The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of ...
Today in Sports - North Carolina HC Dean Smith becomes NCAA career leader with 877 victories
1997 — North Carolina’s Dean Smith becomes the career victory leader when the Tar Heels beat Colorado 73-56. Smith, with 877 victories, passes Kentucky coaching legend Adolph Rupp.
In his own words: Pope Francis has long been up front about his health problems and eventual death
Pope Francis has written and spoken at length about sickness, aging and death. And he has personally directed that his ...
Google to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in the biggest deal in company’s history
The all-cash deal is set to boost Alphabet’s profile in the cloud computing market, a space currently led by Amazon and ...
Ohtani and the Dodgers keep the Cubs and their rich history in the shadows in Japan
Chicago Cubs fans take pride in being underdogs, a role that ended briefly when they won the World Series in 2016 to end a ...
Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls ...
Mountour scores fastest OT goal in NHL history in Kraken’s comeback win over Canadiens
Brandon Mountour had the fastest goal in NHL overtime history, scoring his second goal of the game four seconds into the ...
The US is killing someone by firing squad for the first time in 15 years. Here’s a look at the history
As South Carolina plans to carry our the first firing squad execution in 15 years in the United States, Professor Deborah ...
JFK assassination files released, sending history buffs hunting for new clues
Unredacted documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy have been released following an order by ...
Vance to serve as RNC’s finance chair in sign of his growing influence
It is the first time in the RNC’s history that a sitting vice president has held the position of finance chair, giving Vance ...