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Today in History: August 16, American music loses two legends

Aug. 16, 2024 00:03 AM EDT

Today is Friday, Aug. 16, the 229th day of 2024. There are 137 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 42; forty-one years later, in 2018, singer Aretha Franklin, known...

Timeline of events in Ferguson, Missouri, after a police officer fatally shot Michael Brown

Aug. 09, 2024 00:17 AM EDT

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — On Aug. 9, 2014, Michael Brown and a friend were walking in the middle of Canfield Drive, a two-lane street in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, when a police officer drove by and told them to use the sidewalk. After words were exchanged, the white...