It’s been 60 years since Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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60th Anniversary of the March on Washington
More than a quarter million people were at the March on Washington. 60 years later, people gather in Washington, D.C., to celebrate its anniversary.
Bob Barker, ‘Price is Right’ host and animal advocate, dies at 99
A publicist says popular game show host Bob Barker, a household name for a half-century as host of “Truth or Consequences” and “The Price Is Right,” has died at his home in Los Angeles. Barker was 99. (Aug. 26)
At least 7 injured in shooting during Boston parade, police say
At least seven people were injured when gunfire broke out in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, police said.
Failed jailbreak for man accused of kidnapping, imprisoning woman, officials say
The man accused of kidnapping a woman and holding her in a makeshift cinderblock cell in an Oregon garage tried to break out of jail, officials said.
Pete the peacock, adored by Las Vegas neighborhood, fatally shot by bow and arrow
Las Vegas authorities are trying to find who killed a beloved neighborhood peacock using a hunter’s bow and arrow.
4 shot at Oklahoma high school football game, authorities say
Four people were shot and a police officer fired a weapon Friday night amid a high school football game in Oklahoma, authorities said.
A Florida woman returned a book to a library drop box. It took part of her finger, too.
Bobbie Haverly was running errands on a Friday afternoon in July. Her plans were upended when a freak accident at the library severed her finger.
60 years ago in Baltimore, a child’s carousel ride marked the end of a civil rights journey
On the day MLK delivered a historic speech in Washington, a child’s carousel ride marked the end of segregation at a Baltimore amusement park.
Massive emergency alert test will sound alarms on every US phone, TV and radio in October
On Wednesday, October 4, a test is planned of the entire nation’s Emergency Alert system. Here’s what to know.