By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Dec. 4, the 339th day of 2024. There are 27 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 4, 1991, after being abducted and held for nearly seven years as a hostage by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, Associated Press correspondent Terry ...

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Dec. 3, the 338th day of 2024. There are 28 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 3, 1984, a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India, causing an estimated ...

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Dec. 2, the 337th day of 2024. There are 29 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 2, 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of ...

By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Nov. 30, the 335th day of 2024. There are 31 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 30, 1999, an estimated 40,000 demonstrators clashed with police as they protested against the World Trade Organization as the WTO convened in ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Nov. 29, the 334th day of 2024. There are 32 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 29, 1864, a Colorado militia launched an unprovoked attack on an encampment of Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribal members, killing an estimated 230 ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Nov. 27, the 332nd day of 2024. There are 34 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and city Supervisor and gay rights activist Harvey Milk were fatally shot inside City Hall by former ...