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P.B.S. Pinchback, the first Black American to serve as governor of a U.S. state, was born on May 10, 1837, to a formerly enslaved mother and her former enslaver. During the Civil War, Pinchback, who was once a riverboat gambler, served as an officer in the Union Army. He ventured into politics in 1868, first […]
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By Mike Wendling BBC News, Waukesha, Wisconsin 8 hours ago Image source, Getty Images On a day off from his criminal trial in a Manhattan court, Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail with back-to-back rallies in two battleground states. The Republican presidential candidate has appeared at times irritated or . . .
April 26, 2024 HONG KONG – The US deployment of the first Mid-Range Capability (MRC) missile system to the Philippines as part of an ongoing bilateral military exercise is a “black day” for the Asia-Pacific that threatens regional stability and further stirs tensions in the South China Sea, analysts said. This is the first time […]
The idea triggered a full-scale revolt on the Google campus. Six years ago, the Silicon Valley giant signed a small, $9 million contract to put the skills of a few of its most innovative developers to the task of building an artificial intelligence tool that would help the military detect potential targets on the battlefield […]
A U.S. Postal Service employee scans a package. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) There are more than 21 million Black Americans in the U.S. labor force today. Their workforce experiences are varied but stand out from people of other races and ethnicities on several important measures: They are more likely to be employed in certain postal work, […]
The U.S. 7th Fleet says a Navy P-8A Poseidon has flown through the Taiwan Strait By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press April 17, 2024, 3:33 AM ET • 3 min read TAIPEI, Taiwan — The U.S. 7th Fleet said a Navy P-8A Poseidon flew through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, a day after U.S. and Chinese […]
Four U.S. officials told NBC News they expect an Israeli response to Iran’s attack to be limited in scope and most likely to involve strikes on Iranian forces and their proxies outside Iran. “Tensions are high, and either party’s next moves are hard to predict, but all the significant signs point toward an easing of […]
Salah Al-Ejaili near his home in Sweden, in an undated photo. ‘It has taken a very long time to get here, but we got here,’ he said. Photograph: Josefine Stenersen/The Guardian The first trial to contend with the post-9/11 abuse of detainees in US custody begins on Monday, in a case brought by three men […]
After ending World War II with a nuclear attack, the US got embroiled in a Cold War with the USSR. On January 17, when the Cold War was at its peak, the US lost four unarmed thermonuclear bombs when its B-52 bomber collided with a refueling tanker in Spain. F-16V, F-15, Rafale, Eurofighter: India Assembling […]