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Today in History: February 2, ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle killed

Jan. 27, 2025 00:13 AM EST

Today is Sunday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2025. There are 332 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 2, 2013, former Navy SEAL and “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle was fatally shot along with a friend, Chad Littlefield, at a gun range west of Glen...

Chinese President Xi Jinping will send a special representative to Trump's inauguration

Jan. 16, 2025 21:18 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, but he is sending Vice President Han Zheng as his special representative. The decision, announced Friday in China by the foreign ministry, came more than a month after Trump...

Carter's quest for Mideast peace didn't end with Camp David

Jan. 03, 2025 00:14 AM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — As president, Jimmy Carter brokered the watershed peace agreement that removed Israel’s most powerful enemy from the battlefield. But he incurred the Israeli government's wrath decades later when he said its military rule over the Palestinians amounted to apartheid. ...