Under the heat, he worked the land for more than 60 years. When authorities walked him into what they called a plane, he prepared to ascend to heaven.
Heaven was not a metaphor. Africa fell away. Soon clouds did, too, just a far-below floor of white. Yohane Nkesebashira and his son, Joshua Nduwayo, born in Burundi [...]

Lord knows I have written about enough death and destruction over the years, so I am happy to announce the (earlier-than-expected) birth of Stephen John Sutherland II.
Steve #2 was born June 7, six weeks premature, in Anchorage, Alaska.
His mom, Maria, was there on business when Steve #2 demanded to be born by Caesarian section. [...]

The lives of three privileged young white men were almost destroyed by false testimony, a ruthless prosecutor and a rabid public fueled by the media.
Emphasis on almost.
For Dave Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann, justice prevailed. The former Duke lacrosse players were cleared of rape charges. Their accuser, Crystal Gail Mangum, was outed as a [...]

6/26/1914 - 9/27/1956
President Eisenhower paid tribute today to Mrs. Zaharias as a woman who had won the admiration of all Americans both in her sports career and in her fight against cancer.
Mrs. Zaharias, who died this morning, had “put up one of the kind of fights that inspired us all,” the President told his news [...]

On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he made his famous declaration: “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner). (Go to article.)
1870 The first section of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., was opened to the public.
1894 The American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, called a general strike in sympathy [...]