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Police in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, arrest American golfer Scottie Scheffler, who was travelling to the 2024 PGA Championship, for assault of a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals.
2024-05-17

Russian military personnel enter the United States–operated Niger Air Base 101 near Diori Hamani International Airport in Niger.
2024-05-2

The animated short film "Steamboat Willie", the German-language version of the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front", and other works published in 1928 enter the public domain in the United States.
2024-01-1

In the United States, the Oregon counties of Baker, Grant, Lake, Malheur, and Sherman all approve measures that would require county officials to take steps to promote moving the Idaho border west to incorporate their populations. These counties join Jefferson and Union counties that have already passed similar measures, while Douglas and Harney counties are voting on similar measure in upcoming elections.
2021-05-19

Sudanese Finance Minister Ibrahim el-Badawi says Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is to ask the World Bank for US$2 billion. Sudan has been unable to do business with either the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund because it is featured on the United States' State Sponsors of Terrorism list. The US Congress is unlikely to remove Sudan before next year, el-Badawi further announces, saying he has been told the process is complicated.
2019-09-24

The annual Pulitzer Prizes, which celebrate US journalism, are awarded. "The New York Times" wins the most with three. Pieces on Donald Trump and the #MeToo movement feature prominently.
2018-04-16

A major push by Yemen-based Houthi forces into the kingdom's southern Najran Region kills dozens of Houthi fighters. The Houthi-run Saba News Agency says that Houthi fighters have seized three Saudi military outposts near the city of Najran, destroying several armored vehicles, including two U.S.-made M1 Abrams tanks and three Bradley vehicles.
2015-12-1

Iranian sources citing Ash-Shabaab say a U.S. drone attack killed eight people in Kismayo, south Somalia.
2012-09-7

The United States Food and Drug Administration approves the use of the drug Belimumab (Benlysta) to treat lupus, the first drug to be approved for this purpose in 56 years.
2011-03-9

Roman Polanski speaks out about his possible extradition to the United States after several months of silence.
2010-05-2