Today in History: September 23, Nixon’s “Checkers” speech

Today in History Today is Saturday, Sept. 23, the 266th day of 2023. There are 99 days left in the year. Autumn arrives at 2:50 a.m. EDT. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 23, 1952, Sen. Richard M. Nixon, R-Calif., salvaged his...

A 9/11 defendant is ruled unfit for trial after a medical panel finds torture left him psychotic

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11 defendants unfit for trial after a military medical panel found that the man's sustained abuse in CIA custody years earlier has rendered him lastingly psychotic. The judge, Col. Matthew McCall, said the...

Military judge declares a 9/11 suspect incompetent to stand trial after a medical panel found torture left him psychotic

A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody. The findings heighten uncertainty over whether...

Prince William, billionaires Gates and Bloomberg say innovation provides climate hope

NEW YORK (AP) — With deadly extreme weather hitting all over the globe, rising temperatures peaking during the hottest summer on record and carbon pollution levels that keep climbing, Britain’s Prince William and wealthy entrepreneurs Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg promised a warming world a...

Today in History: September 18, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies

Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 18, the 261st day of 2023. There are 104 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering women’s rights champion who became the...

Today in History: September 16, George W. Bush says of 9/11 attackers that US will “hunt them down”

Today in History Today is Saturday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2023. There are 106 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On Sept. 16, 2001, President George W. Bush, speaking on the South Lawn of the White House, said there was “no...

Today in History: September 15, 4 Black girls killed in bombing of Birmingham church

Today in History Today is Friday, Sept. 15, the 258th day of 2023. There are 107 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 15, 1963, four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street...

AP Week in Pictures: Global | Sept. 8-14, 2023

A model runs backstage during a Spanish designer Claro Couture fashion show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid. Bavarian herdsmen prepare their clothes before they drive their beasts during the return of the cattle from the summer pastures in the mountains near Oberstdorf, Germany....

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

Cullman Times. September 13, 2023. Editorial: Memo to Sen. Tuberville: Military readiness and abortion polices are not the same thing Alabama’s senior senator is in the crosshairs, but that’s not news. Coach Tommy Tuberville put himself there six months ago when...