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January 31, 2021 323 Today is Monday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2021. There are 333 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael Anderson; mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon (ee-LAHN’ rah-MOHN’), the first Israeli in space. On this date: In 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York. (However, since only three of ...

AZ Memo: Arizona police shootings were up in 2020; Why Arizona is worst in nation for COVID-19; new metro Phoenix restaurants Arizona Republic A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history. © Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic Family and friends of Ryan Whitaker hold a press conference outside Phoenix City Hall on July 16, 2020, calling for justice in the killing of their brother, father, and son Ryan Whitaker by a Phoenix police officer in May of the same year. Ryan Whitaker was shot by police who were responding to an alleged domestic v...

Today’s highlight Feb. 1, 2003: The space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael Anderson; mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli in space. On this date 1790: The U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York. (However, since only three of the six justices were present, the court recessed until the next day.) 1862: “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was...

Richard Reeve Created: January 22, 2021 10:36 PM On a cold, beautiful day in Theodore Wirth Park, visitors were busily skiing, hiking and even bicycling on the snowy trails.  And… oh yes, visiting with a fictional caveman named 'Zug Zug.' "We hoped to bring a little joy into people's lives," explains Ian Molloy-Busse, a sculptor with the Leonic Art Collective. "Maybe give them a reason to get out and about in this beautiful park and hopefully put a smile on somebody's face."  Just weeks ago, Zug Zug--- made of clay and encased in a block of very realistic fake ice, m...

8 Atrocities Committed Against Puerto Rico by the US Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Caribbean Sea. It is a small island with a population of almost four million citizens. On July 25, 1898, during the Spanish American War, United States invaded Puerto Rico and commenced a long relationship between the two. With this list, I’ll try to underline eight atrocities committed by the United States in Puerto Rico. 8 La Operacion is a documentary that highlights the female sterilization policy. This policy was implanted by the United States as part of F...