7+ hour, 57+ min ago   (349+ words) Today is Monday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2026. There are 108 days left in the year. On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days earlier; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (250+ words) Today is Sunday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2026. There are 109 days left in the year. On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy....

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (291+ words) Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2026. There are 113 days left in the year. On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 staff members hostage and demanding improvements to inmate treatment and…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (364+ words) Today is Tuesday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2026. There are 114 days left in the year. On Sept. 8, 1974, one month after taking office, President Gerald R. Ford granted a "full, free, and absolute pardon" to former President Richard Nixon for any crimes committed…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (385+ words) Today is Sunday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2026. There are 116 days left in the year. On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL'-gawsh) at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. (McKinley died…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (342+ words) Today is Saturday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2026. There are 117 days left in the year. On Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games, killing two and taking nine others hostage; five of the militants, all nine…...