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From how the idea of DST was initiated by Benjamin Franklin to what it is today. Learn about DST

1892: The most disastrous fire ever witnessed in Hyannis occurred Friday when the old business corner at Pleasant and Main streets was completely wiped out

Some arent so optimistic 2022 will be any different and blame mayor lower light foot and progressive policy. >> we done it with war time numbers right now. something different has to be done. criminal justice has backfired on society especially here in chicago. >> 2021 ended with another tragic statistic, 346 officers were shot in the line of duty. and of those, the national fraternal of police reports 63 lost their lives. bret? >> bret: garrett tenney in chicago. garrett, thanks. up next, is to...

All of that was a sign to bob that many people never really had chance to see. they saw the politician. they saw the republican leader. but its interesting today, the word republican wasnt mentioned, the word patriot was and thats who bob dole was. he reached across the aisle. there was tom dashel there. and senator mitchell could have been there but i talk to senator mitchell often about what bob dole meant to him. but to see the diversity of the former presidents and vice presidents, to see th...

Turned to law and politics. although he couldnt shake hands and always clutched a pen in his fist so people wouldnt try. his war time service also gave special focus to much of his work in congress, shaping tax policy, farm programs, and antidiscrimination laws and other measures to make america more accessible to the disabled. summing up his storied career, for tom brokaw, this way. >> my proudest title is veteran, of all the other titles ive had. >> reporter: andrea mitchell, nbc news, washing...

>> right out of the gate, the country needed to be on a war time thing. you needed to make sacrifices for your country. since it got framed as its a livelihood, if youve got people dying in restaurants, its not good. >> when the numbers go up, the economic activity goes down. >> there is something like -- the best natural experiment is the nordic countries, right? you have denmark and norway and sweden. denmark and norway did a full-on social distancing. sweden let the virus run. theres been a p...

My heart breaks for general powells family, and for the almost 750,000 other families who have suffered this kind of loss and all those who have known them. >> dr. reiner, we thank you for being with us this morning. well lean on you throughout the day and reminder, severe breakthrough cases of covid are rare but expected especially among seniors. our special coverage on the passing of general colin powell continues right now. good monday morning. im erica hill. we begin with breaking news. >>...

Mainly haul cargo and troops during war time, then we went to a place and time when rich people had airliners catered to their whims. now were in stage three, where were beginning to see the fact that one day mom and dad could go into outer space, just like the airlines also evolved from hauling cargo, hauling rich people, hauling average people. >> unless mom and dad are wicked rich, it is not mom and dad today, though. >> thats for the future. it costs almost half a million dollars for a seat ...

In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, I examine some take-aways from my time with "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

<p>In the Washington History Seminar, Mary Dudziak and Mark Philip Bradley discuss their edited volume of the work of Marilyn Young, the preeminent historian of war in the modern United States. Monday, October 11, </p>