5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (319+ words) The Happy City Index released its 2026 rankings, and only one United States city made the top 50. Here's what to know. The Happy City index is the largest community-driven study of urban development worldwide, compiling data from 251 cities. The 2026 edition is…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (376+ words) Today is Thursday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2026. There are 329 days left in the year. On Feb. 5, 1994, white separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, Mississippi, of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963 and was sentenced to life…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (329+ words) Today is Sunday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2026. There are 333 days left in the year. On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (269+ words) Today is Friday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2026. There are 335 days left in the year. On Jan. 30, 1972, 13 Catholic civil rights marchers were shot and killed by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as “Bloody Sunday.” In 1649, England’s King…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (334+ words) Today is Saturday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2026. There are 341 days left in the year. On Jan. 24, 2011, a suicide bomber attacked Moscow’s busiest airport, killing 37 people; Chechen separatists claimed responsibility. In 1835, a major slave rebellion began in Bahia, Brazil, leading to…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (284+ words) Today is Tuesday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2026. There are 345 days left in the year. On Jan. 20, 2011, authorities orchestrated one of the biggest Mafia takedowns in FBI history, charging 127 suspected mobsters and associates in the Northeast with murders, extortion and other…...

8+ mon, 6+ day ago   (303+ words) Today is Thursday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2026. There are 357 days left in the year. On Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.” In 1790, President George Washington delivered…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (309+ words) Today is Sunday, Dec. 28, the 362nd day of 2025. There are three days left in the year. On Dec. 28, 2014, the U.S. war in Afghanistan came to a formal end after 13 years with a quiet flag-lowering ceremony in Kabul, marking the transition of fighting…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (289+ words) Today is Saturday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2025. There are 11 days left in the year. On Dec. 20, 1986, three Black men were attacked by a group of white youths in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York, resulting in the death…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (341+ words) Today is Thursday, Dec. 18, the 352nd day of 2025. There are 13 days left in the year. On Dec. 18, 2011, the last convoy of heavily armored U.S. troops left Iraq in the final moments of a nearly nine-year war. In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution…...