2+ hour, 14+ min ago   (325+ words) Today is Monday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2026. There are 115 days left in the year. On Sept. 7, 1977, the Panama Canal Treaty, which called for the U.S. to turn over control of the waterway to Panama at the end of 1999, was signed in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (350+ words) Today is Friday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2026. There are 139 days left in the year. On Aug. 14, 1936, in front of an estimated 20,000 spectators, Rainey Bethea was hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky, in the last public execution in the United States. In 1935, President…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (231+ words) Today is Thursday, Aug. 13, the 225th day of 2026. There are 140 days left in the year. On Aug. 13,1969, New York City held a ticker-tape parade for Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins. In 1792, French revolutionaries arrested and imprisoned…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (302+ words) Today is Saturday, Aug. 8, the 220th day of 2026. There are 145 days left in the year. On Aug. 8, 1963, Britain’s “Great Train Robbery” took place as thieves made off with 2.6 million pounds in banknotes. In 1814, during the War of 1812, peace talks between the…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (438+ words) Today is Friday, Aug. 7, the 219th day of 2026. There are 146 days left in the year. On Aug. 7, 1978, President Jimmy Carter declared the Love Canal environmental disaster in Niagara Falls, N.Y., a federal health emergency; it would later top the initial list of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (360+ words) Today is Saturday, July 18, the 199th day of 2026. There are 166 days left in the year. On July 18, 1964, nearly a week of rioting erupted in New York’s Harlem neighborhood following the fatal police shooting of a Black teenager, James Powell, two days…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (131+ words) The Mercury News What to watch: ‘Lucky Strike’ brings out best in Scott Eastwood A World War II survival thriller and a surreal experience from one of our most unusual filmmakers top our docket this week. “Lucky Strike”: Rod Lurie’s…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (307+ words) Today is Saturday, June 20, the 171st day of 2026. There are 194 days left in the year. On June 20, 1943, race-related rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to quell the violence that resulted in more than 30 deaths....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (230+ words) The Mercury News For retired U.S. Navy Petty Officer Tresa Toomer, a distinguished career in military, federal and faith-based service began with a childhood inspiration and a commitment to excellence that has guided her for more than four decades. Born and…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (282+ words) Despite two serious issues — an ill-fitting performance from Brendan Fraser as World War II General Dwight D. Eisenhower and a sometimes monotonal pace — director Anthony Maras’ classy adaptation of “Pressure,” David Haig’s stage play, serves as perfectly respectable entertainment. It’s…...