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The first cases of monkeypox in children in the United States are reported, with one being in California.
2022-07-22

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that the U.S. will ensure that all American citizens will be evacuated to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
2021-08-22

The United States sanctions Ethiopian and Eritrean government and military officials for their involvement in the Tigray War. These sanctions are intended to push all parties in the war to pursue peace.
2021-05-24

The Two Popes film is released on Netflix just before the holiday season. It has a limited theatrical release during November in the United States and United Kingdom. Jonathan Pryce as Pope Francis gives a dramatic interpretation of a series of conversations that took place between the liberal cardinal and the conservative incumbent Pope Benedict (played by Anthony Hopkins).
2019-12-20

The National Institutes of Health lifts a three-year ban on scientists experimenting with lethal viruses in the United States, saying the potential benefits of disease preparedness outweigh the risks.
2017-12-20

CENTCOM reports a U.S. service member has been killed in an IED blast near the town of Ayn Issa, Al-Raqqah Governorate, becoming the first U.S. military casualty in the conflict.
2016-11-24

The two-month-old Nipigon River Bridge near Nipigon, Ontario is closed to traffic after a mechanical failure, severing the Trans-Canada Highway and forcing a detour into the United States.
2016-01-10

American classical pianist Van Cliburn dies in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, at the age of 78.
2013-02-27

United States aid worker Alan Gross is sentenced to 15 years in a Cuban jail, ostensibly for working to undermine the Government of Cuba.
2011-03-12

President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asks that the United States stop using what he describes as "cowboy logic" if it wants to engage in dialogue with Iran over its nuclear programme, adding that he would support negotiations.
2010-07-19