By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2023. There are 183 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 1, 1966, the Medicare federal insurance program went into effect. On this date: In 1863, the pivotal, three-day Civil War Battle of ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, June 30, the 181st day of 2023. There are 184 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 30, 1982, the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution expired, having failed to receive the required number of ...

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, June 26, the 177th day of 2023. There are 188 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 26, 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco. On this date: In 1917, the first troops of the ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, June 23, the 174th day of 2023. There are 191 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On June 23, 1888, abolitionist Frederick Douglass received one vote from the Kentucky delegation at the Republican convention in Chicago, ...

By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, June 22, the 173rd day of 2023. There are 192 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 22, 1940, during World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, June 21, the 172nd day of 2023. There are 193 days left in the year. Summer begins today. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 21, 1788, the United States Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify ...