By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2025. There are 306 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 28, 1993, a gun battle erupted at a religious compound near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to arrest Branch ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2025. There are 308 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 26, 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York’s World Trade Center, killing six ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2025. There are 313 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom in New York. Three men identified as members of the ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2025. There are 320 days left in the year. This is Valentine’s Day. Today in history: On Feb. 14, 2018, a gunman identified as a former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High ...

By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2025. There are 321 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 13, 1945, Allied forces in World War II began a three-day bombing raid on Dresden, Germany, killing as many as 25,000 people and triggering a firestorm ...

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 2025. There are 323 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 11, 1990, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison. (Mandela would be elected president of South Africa ...