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Key events on June 15: The Second Continental Congress appointed George Washington head of the Continental Army in 1775. In 1904, the PS General Slocum steamboat disaster occurred in New York, causing over 1,000 deaths.

The FBI has gone from fighting Islamic terrorists to taking orders from them.

Today’s Highlight in History:In 1996, Ella Fitzgerald, the “first lady of song,” died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 79.On this date:O

Today is Thursday, June 15, the 166th day of 2023. There are 199 days left in the year.

On June 15, 1775: The Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army.

Today is the 166th day of 2023. There are 199 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 1998: Nigeria's new military leadership releases nine of the country's most prominent political prisone...

Jack Carr, a former Navy SEAL and a bestselling author, describes terrorism in the air on June 14, 1985 — an incident that to this day still has unanswered questions about the terrorists involved.

JEDDAH: Despite the record-fast rescue by Lebanese security services on Tuesday of a kidnapped Saudi citizen, the incident comes as yet another reminder of the many heists, abductions and hijackings that have plagued the Arab country since the 1970s. Mashari Al-Mutairi, an employee of Saudi Arabia’s Saudia airlines who lived in the Beirut suburb of Aramoun, was abducted at

The extraordinary decision by German authorities to release convicted terrorist and murderer Mohammad Ali Hammadi should be strongly condemned by both the Bush Administration and Congress. Hammadi's release and subsequent safe passage to Lebanon raise major questions regarding Germany's commitment to the war on terror, and will cast a huge shadow over the forthcoming January 11 White House meeting between President Bush and newly elected German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Weakening of PLO, fall of Soviet Union, create a window ofopportunity to initiate a vital war on terrorism.