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In basketball, the first day of the draft for the National Basketball Association is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., with the Atlanta Hawks selecting French player Zaccharie Risacher with the first overall pick.
2024-06-26

In basketball, the 76th NBA draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., with the Orlando Magic selecting former Duke University player Paolo Banchero with the first overall pick.
2022-06-23

Seventeen people are injured during a mass shooting and smoke bomb attack at the 36th Street station in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. The attacker is at large.
2022-04-12

Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan freeze all assets of the Russian Central Bank and the Russian National Wealth Fund under their jurisdiction, preventing the usage of more than a third of Russia's $630 billion of foreign exchange reserves.
2022-02-27

The United States and the United Kingdom impose sanctions on Burmese conglomerates Myanma Economic Holdings and Myanmar Economic Corporation, citing the crackdown and human rights violations committed by the military junta since taking power on February 1.
2021-03-25

Bashar Barakah Jackson, also known as ‘Pop Smoke’, is killed in Los Angeles, United States. The cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds to his torso, inflicted by a teenager during a targeted home invasion that went wrong. Pop Smoke was a rising rapper from Brooklyn, and had just released his second mixtape ‘Meet the Woo 2’. He rented an apartment in the Hollywood Hills a few days prior to his murder for a simple vacation. The day before his homicide, he accidentally leaked his address online via social media, giving the location to it’s murderers, which tragically ended his life the age of 20 years old.
2020-02-19

Protests continue in multiple cities across the United States following the death of two black men by police. Numerous confrontations and arrests have been reported.
2016-07-10

At least 23 people die this week in the United States due to cold weather, with 18 dead in the state of Tennessee.
2015-02-20

The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for television programs broadcast in the United States are held in Los Angeles with "Mad Men" winning the outstanding drama series and "Modern Family" winning the Outstanding Comedy.
2011-09-18

President Hamid Karzai acknowledges that his office has regularly received cash from Iran and the United States but claims that the process was transparent.
2010-10-25