Sources: NPR
Johns Hopkins University records 2,108 more deaths from COVID-19 in the United States, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the U.S. death toll to 18,693 and 500,399 confirmed cases. The U.S. becomes the first country to report over 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day. 2020-04-10
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
The Federal Reserve System raises the benchmark interest rate in the United States to a level between 0.5 and 0.75%. This is the second time in a decade that the Federal Reserve has increased interest rates. 2016-12-14
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
Voters in the U.S. state of Indiana head to the polls to vote in Democratic and Republican presidential primaries. 2016-05-3
Russia bans 13 Americans including Congressman Jim Moran, Rear Adm. Richard Butler and Lynndie England in response to the United States banning Russians for human rights abuses. 2014-07-19
The Philippines offers the use of its military bases to the United States. 2013-04-13
United States researchers announce a flexible battery that can be charged wirelessly and will continue to work when folded, twisted, or stretched. 2013-02-26
The United States announces that it will stop observing the 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. The decision comes four years after Russia withdrew compliance from the treaty. 2011-11-23
Moody's threatens to cut the debt rating of the United States. 2011-07-13