Today in History

Today in History Today is Friday, Aug. 14, the 227th day of 2020. There are 139 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 14, 1997, an unrepentant Timothy McVeigh was formally sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing. (McVeigh was executed by lethal injection in 2001.) On this date: In 1900, international forces, including U.S. Marines, entered Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at purging China of foreign influence. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter, a statement of principles that renounced aggression. In 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that Imperial Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II. In 1948, the Summer Olympics in London ended; they were the first Olympic games held since 1936. In 1973, U.S. bombing of Cambodia came to...

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Chicago convenience store ransacked twice since May

Security cameras captured the pillaging of a West Side Chicago convenience store hours after Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned vandals that the city would hold them accountable for ransacking downtown retailers

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Catholic service to honor life of slain solider in Houston

Mourners are set to gather in Houston for a slain Texas soldier whose story has renewed a push for changes in the way the military handles sexual abuse and harassment

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Ex-South Africa Captain Graeme Smith Hits Back At Claims Of Racial Bias

Thami Tsolekile was particularly critical of Graeme Smith, blaming the former captain for keeping him out of the Test team after Mark Boucher suffered a career-ending injury on a 2012 tour of England.

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Sensex, Nifty Likely To Open Flat Today

Shares elsewhere in Asia dropped following lacklustre Chinese economic data, amid worries about a delay in US fiscal stimulus discouraged some investors from taking on risk.

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Cook County prosecutors announce charges in week's looting

Cook County's state’s attorney’s office says 42 people have been charged with felonies in connection with the looting of stores along the city’s premier retail street that occurred earlier this week

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Twin beams of light won't shine during 9/11 tribute in NYC

Twin beams of light representing the World Trade Center towers won’t be beamed into the sky during this year’s memorial of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City

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Wisconsin man pleads guilty to vandalizing synagogue

Federal prosecutors say a Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to vandalizing a synagogue last year as part of a neo-Nazi plot

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Officials: U.S. seizes Iranian oil heading for Venezuela

U.S. officials say the Trump administration has seized the cargo of four tankers it was targeting for transporting Iranian fuel to Venezuela as it steps up its campaign of maximum pressure against the two heavily sanctioned

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Trade group report: Gambling economy hit hard by coronavirus

The coronavirus and efforts to fight it have hit U.S. casinos and legal gambling businesses hard

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Possible shot at freedom for lifer who stole hedge clippers

An October parole hearing has been set for a Black man serving a life sentence in Louisiana after stealing hedge clippers in a 1997 burglary

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Prosecutors dispute Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend's claims

Prosecutors are disputing claims by lawyers for a British socialite that they are slowly releasing evidence and improperly withholding the names of women abused by financier Jeffrey Epstein

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All You Need To Know About Faceless Tax Assessment And Appeal

"A faceless tax system will give the taxpayer confidence on fairness and fearlessness," PM Narendra Modi said in a video address after rolling out the ''Transparent Taxation - Honoring the Honest''...

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