Sources: NPR
Over 75,000 workers from Kaiser Permanente, an integrated managed care consortium in the United States, go on strike. 2023-10-4
An Amtrak "Southwest Chief" passenger train carrying 243 passengers collides with a dump truck near Mendon, Missouri, United States. Eight cars and two locomotives are subsequently derailed, killing three people and injuring at least 50 others. 2022-06-27
The United States closes the Mexico–US border near the Texas city of Del Rio after thousands of Haitian migrants arrived at the International Bridge near the city. The U.S. will also begin flying the migrants back to Haiti. 2021-09-19
The Swedish Academy announces that American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has agreed to accept his Nobel Prize in Literature this weekend at a private location in Stockholm. 2017-03-29
Per Wästberg, a member of the Swedish Academy, says that songwriter and artist Bob Dylan has not yet indicated whether he intends to accept the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. 2016-10-21
The Episcopal Church in the United States adopts its liturgy for same sex marriages. 2015-07-1
A massive two mile wide tornado strikes south of the US city of Oklahoma City, causing widespread damage and causing the National Weather Service to issue a rare tornado emergency. 24 people are killed. 2013-05-20
A drone attack conducted by the United States kills five people in North Waziristan, Pakistan. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry issues an official 2012-08-18
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez responds to criticism from Organization of American States Secretary General José Miguel Insulza by saying the OAS is interfering in the country's internal affairs and referring to Insulza as a "spokesman of the empire" during a radio address. 2011-01-10
The United States places U.S.-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on its "terror blacklist". 2010-07-16