Today in HistoryToday is Wednesday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2023. There are 74 days left in the year.Today鈥檚 Highlight in History:On Oct. 18, 1867, the United States took formal possession of Alaska from Russia.On this date:In 1648, Boston shoemakers were authorized to form a guild to ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) 鈥� Black residents of a tiny island enclave founded by their <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gullah-geechee-zoning-sapelo-island-3e08bf6e228ea2119d3469381ff5e623">enslaved ancestors</a> off the Georgia coast have filed suit seeking to halt a ...
BOSTON (AP) 鈥� A Massachusetts college town that established one of the nation's first reparation funds for Black residents is considering spending the proceeds of the $2 million endowment on youth programs, affordable housing and grants for businesses.The Amherst Town Council established the ...
Today in HistoryToday is Monday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2023. There are 76 days left in the year.Today鈥檚 Highlight in History:On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile ...
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Vice President Kamala Harris said extremists want to 鈥渞eplace history with lies" as she traveled to Florida on Friday to assail Republican efforts to overhaul educational standards, plunging into a battle over schooling that has rippled through classrooms around the ...
DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 21, 2023--Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF), the global leader in silicon carbide technology, announced today that CEO Gregg Lowe has been elected to serve on North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University鈥檚 (N.C. A&T) Board of Trustees. ...
