Saturday, 31 July 2021

Today in History

Today in History Today is Sunday, Aug. 1, the 213th day of 2021. There are 152 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 1, 1907, the U.S. Army Signal Corps established an aeronautical division, the forerunner of the U.S. Air Force. On this date: In 1876, Colorado was admitted as the 38th state. In 1936, the Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. In 1944, an uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation; the revolt lasted two months before collapsing. In 1957, the United States and Canada announced they had agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). In 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went on an armed rampage at the University of Texas in Austin that killed 14 people, most of whom were shot by Whitman while he was perched in the clock tower of the main campus building. (Whitman, who had also slain his wife and mother hours earlier, was finally gunned down by police.) In 1971, the...

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I-40 bridge linking Arkansas, Tennessee re-opened

Authorities on Saturday night reopened the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that had been closed ever since a crack was discovered in the span in May

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Pakistan Defy Rampant Pooran To Edge West Indies By 7 Runs In 2nd T20I

WI vs PAK: Pakistan took a 1-0 lead as they restrained a rampant Nicholas Pooran to register a seven-run victory over the West Indies in the second T20 International of the four-match series at the...

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Young man shot in California movie theater dies

The young man had been on life support since being shot.

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Border Patrol: Agent, 2nd driver killed in crash in Arizona

The U.S. Border Patrol says one of its agents and another driver were killed Saturday in a head-on crash in southern Arizona

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Judge upholds Liberty University's suit against Falwell

A Lynchburg judge has upheld most of a lawsuit that Liberty University filed against its former leader, Jerry Falwell Jr., after an acrimonious parting last year

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19 bodies reburied amid protests in search for Tulsa victims

The bodies of 19 people exhumed from a Tulsa cemetery during a search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims have been reburied while protesters objected outside the cemetery

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Bishop: Albany diocese covered up priest abuse for decades

The longtime former head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany says the diocese covered up sexual abuse by priests for decades and protected clergy by sending them to private treatment instead of calling police

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Bacon may disappear in California as pig rules take effect

A California law taking effect Jan. 1 could make pork harder to find and more expensive

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Ammunition shelves bare as U.S. gun sales continue to soar

A shortage of ammunition in the U.S. is having an impact on law enforcement agencies, people seeking personal protection, recreational shooters and hunters

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State Bank Of India Waives Off Processing Fee On Home Loan Till This Date

SBI waives off processing fee on home loans: The complete waiver is a major reduction from the existing processing fee of 0.40 per cent for home loan customers

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Forgotten oil and gas wells linger, leaking toxic chemicals

There are about 2 million abandoned oil and gas wells nationwide that haven't been properly plugged with cement

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"Achhe Din": Virender Sehwag's Throwback Pic Is Nostalgia Guaranteed

Virender Sehwag took to social media to share a picture with his former teammates from their "achhe din".

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