Voters turned out in large numbers in Lashkar Gah, the capital city of Helmand province, to vote in the Afghan parliamentary elections on Saturday. (Oct. 20)
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Today in History for October 20th
Highlights of this day in history: ‘Saturday Night Massacre’ takes place during Watergate scandal; Gen. Douglas MacArthur returns to Philippines; Jacqueline Kennedy weds Aristotle Onassis; Three Lynyrd Skynyrd members die in plane crash. (Oct. 20)
Facebook to fight fake news in election war room
Facebook has unveiled its new election war room designed to assist employees with finding and deleting fakenews and bogusaccounts aimed atinterfering withelections.(Oct. 18)
Bjorn Ulvaeus from ABBA on the band’s continuing success 36 years after they split, and new music from the band
Swedish superstar Bjorn Ulvaeus is mystified by the continuing success of his band, ABBA, 36 years after they split, and promises new music next March. (Oct. 18)
Documentary shows the man behind Big Bird
The new documentary ‘I Am Big Bird’ profiles Caroll Spinney, the actor who has embodied ‘Sesame Street”s famous Big Bird for decades.
Michael Buble shuts down retirement rumors
Michael Buble says rumors of his retirement from music are false. The singer is releasing a new album titled “Love” next month. (Oct. 17)
‘The Conners’ stars talk Roseanne departure
At a special screening for first episode of spin-off “The Conners,” stars Lecy Goranson, Michael Fishman and Maya Lynne Robinson talk Roseanne Barr’s exit from the original show. (Oct. 17)
Trump tours SC’s Conway, warns flooding on the way
President Donald Trump tours a Conway neighboorhood in South Carolina that’s bracing itself for more severe flooding in the next few days. The president is vowing to help South Carolina rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Florence. (Sept. 19)
Today in History for July 26th
Highlights of this day in history: President Harry Truman orders desegregation of U.S. Military; Cuba’s Fidel Castro attacks Moncada barracks; Argentina’s Eva Peron dies; Playwright George Bernard Shaw and rock star Mick Jagger born. (July 26)
Mass Graves Discovered in Deep South
New technology and new laws surrounding burial sites lead to the discovery of several mass graves across the Deep South. (June 14)