Following are some of the major events to have occurred on January 28: 1939 – Irish poet and dramatist William…
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley targeted in swatting incident
Authorities responded to a fake emergency at the South Carolina home of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley last month after…
US Justice Department finds that ex-New York Governor Cuomo sexually harassed employees
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday agreed with a finding by the New York attorney general that the state’s former…
Alabama will help bring nitrogen asphyxiation executions to other states
Alabama offered assistance on Friday to other U.S. states seeking to carry out executions using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas, a…
Biden, Germany’s Scholz to meet at White House on February 9
President Joe Biden will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington on Feb. 9 in a bid to rally support for additional assistance…
Olympics-Chop, chop! Paris chefs prepare for athlete feeding frenzy
Chef Charles Guilloy’s lentil dahl is one of 550 dishes that will be served to the 15,000 athletes at the…
Crew extinguishes blaze on tanker hit by missile in Gulf of Aden
Crews extinguished a fire on board the tanker Marlin Luanda on Saturday after the vessel was struck by a Houthi…
Shunned in computer age, cursive makes a comeback in California
A generation of children who learned to write on screens is now going old school. Starting this year, California grade…
Israeli rave site hit by Hamas draws tourists
At the site of the bloodiest incident in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, foreigners and Israelis walk between…
South Gaza battles rage as heavy rain hits displaced people further north
Israel pressed ahead on Saturday with its campaign against Hamas in Gaza’s Khan Younis, as bad weather hit displaced Palestinians…