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Today in History: Chicago officer Jason Van Dyke convicted for Laquan McDonald’s murder

October 5, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Oct. 5, 2018, a jury in Chicago convicted white police officer Jason Van Dyke of...

October 4, 2026 at 11:23 a.m.

The public hasn’t viewed a frame from director Greta Gerwig’s movie adaptation of the classic...

October 4, 2026 at 8:04 p.m.

Authorities on Sunday suspended the search off the Massachusetts coast for six people on an...

October 4, 2026 at 11:10 a.m.

Christa Pike has remained unconscious and on a ventilator at a hospital in the four...

October 4, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Oct. 4, 1970, rock singer Janis Joplin was found dead in her Hollywood hotel room...

October 3, 2026 at 5:39 p.m.

The layoffs — occurring just three days before Donald Trump’s rally at a nearby high...

October 3, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

An AP-NORC poll finds that voters are deeply dissatisfied with President Donald Trump and his...

October 3, 2026 at 11:13 a.m.

An intense, public outcry over a woman's account of being gang-raped at a Cornell University...

October 3, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Oct. 3, 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy...

October 2, 2026 at 9:50 p.m.

The documents include excerpts of interviews Cornell's investigators did with the woman and the men...