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Today in History: September 19, state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

Sep. 19, 2024 00:01 AM EDT

Today is Thursday, Sept. 19, the 263rd day of 2024. There are 103 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 19, 2022, Great Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime...

Prince Harry's 40th birthday marks the moment the royal scamp moves to middle age

Sep. 14, 2024 10:41 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry was always something different. From the moment he first appeared in public, snuggled in Princess Diana’s arms outside the London hospital where he was born in 1984, Harry was the ginger-haired scamp who stuck his tongue out at photographers. ...

Kate's soft-focus Insta-ready video marks a shift in how royals tell their story

Sep. 10, 2024 21:37 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Public displays of affection on a royal video? My, how times have changed! When the Princess of Wales announced that she had completed chemotherapy treatment in a soft-focus, Insta-ready video, she ventured into realms not previously inhabited by Britain’s royal...

A timeline of recent British royal events

Sep. 09, 2024 21:31 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, announced Monday that she has completed chemotherapy treatment for cancer and plans to return to some public duties. It comes after a difficult few months for the royals in which both 42-year-old Kate and King Charles III were treated for...

Today in History: September 9, Attica prison uprising begins

Sep. 09, 2024 00:06 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 9, the 253rd day of 2024. There are 113 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42...

King Charles attends church prayers on the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's death

Sep. 08, 2024 08:08 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III attended church near the royal Balmoral estate in Scotland for prayers and reflection in remembrance of his mother Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday, the second anniversary of her death. Charles, 75, and his wife Camilla have been spending the summer in...

Today in History: September 8, Ford pardons Nixon

Sep. 08, 2024 00:03 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 8, the 252nd day of 2024. There are 114 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 8, 1974, one month after taking office, President Gerald R. Ford granted a “full, free, and absolute pardon” to former...

Biden holds social event with ice cream to thank campaign staff after bowing out of election

Aug. 08, 2024 19:32 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Of course, ice cream was involved. President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, hosted a thank you event on Thursday for hundreds of staffers who worked on the reelection campaign that he chose to exit nearly three weeks ago. Judging by the...

At these locations around the world, cats are the star

Jul. 29, 2024 18:55 PM EDT

It’s a tail as old as time. You’re in the right place at the right moment and the next thing you know, you’re living in the White House. That’s what happened to a stray, gray, green-eyed cat named Willow, who turned up at a Joe Biden rally in Pennsylvania in 2020, jumped...

Today in History: July 23, the 1967 Detroit riot begins

Jul. 23, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Tuesday, July 23, the 205th day of 2024. There are 161 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 23, 1967, the first of five days of deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on an...