By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2025. There are 336 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 29, 2002, in his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush said terrorists were still threatening America — and warned of “an axis ...

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2025. There are 337 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing all seven crew members including ...

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2025. There are 338 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 27, 1945, during World War II, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland. Also on this date: In 1756, ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2025. There are 341 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that sparked the California gold rush. Also on ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2025. There are 343 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to abortion. (The court would overrule Roe v. ...

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2025. There are 345 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan. Also ...