By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2023. There are 114 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 8, 1974, President Gerald R. Ford granted a “full, free, and absolute pardon” to former President Richard Nixon covering his entire ...

By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2023. There are 115 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 7, 1940, Nazi Germany began its eight-month blitz of Britain during World War II with the first air attack on London. On this ...

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2023. There are 117 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia. On this date: In 1698, Russia’s Peter the Great imposed a tax on ...

By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Sept. 2, the 245th day of 2023. There are 120 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. On this date: In 1789, ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Sept. 1, the 244th day of 2023. There are 121 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 1, 1983, 269 people were killed when a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the airliner entered Soviet ...

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2023. There are 124 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast near Buras, Louisiana, bringing floods that devastated New Orleans. More than 1,800 people ...