Highlights of this day in history: Top Nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide; Israel captures fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann; Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde killed; Industrialist John D. Rockefeller dies; Golf legend Sam Snead dies. (May 23)
Highlights of this day in history: Samuel Morse opens America's first telegraph line; Four men sentenced for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; Britain's Queen Victoria born; The Brooklyn Bridge opens; Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan born. (May 24)
Highlights of this day in history: Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign the 'Pact of Steel'; Richard Nixon is the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union; Actor Laurence Olivier born; Johnny Carson hosts his last 'Tonight Show.' (May 22)
A man has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 33 years ago on his way to school helped launch a missing children's movement that put kids' faces on milk cartons, police said Thursday. (May 24)
A U.N.-appointed panel of human rights experts says it has documented cases of unlawful killings, torture and abuses by Syrian government forces and anti-government armed groups. (May 24)
Fire officials say they're planning to send a plane up to survey the size of a northern Nevada wildfire that remains 15 percent contained. Fire officials estimate it has burned more than 7,000 acres. (May 24)
At the Cannes press conference for their latest film 'The Paperboy,' Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman discuss how their roles took them out of their comfort zones, and Macy Gray talks about constantly being distracted by Zac Efron in his underwear. (May 24)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released an annual report on human rights advances around the world and renewed criticism of the crackdown in Syria. (May 24)
The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday but did not stop, completing a critical test in advance of the actual docking. (May 24)
They can appear to be chaotic, spontaneous confrontations between police and protestors. But in New York City, arrests at demonstrations are often planned well ahead of time by protesters working with police. (May 24)
Here's the latest news for Thursday, May 24: Fire on nuke-powered sub at Maine shipyard hurts 6; US wars with al-Qaida on the web; Private supply ship flies near space station; Phillip Phillips is the new 'American Idol'.
Nevada authorities suspect the fire that has destoyed 6,600 acres began with an illegal burn. More dry weather and strong winds are forecast for Thursday. (May 24)
President Obama delivered a fundraising speech in Silicon Valley. The President contrasted his own vision and economic policies with Mitt Romney's. (May 24)
Usually folks are upbeat and busy in May, the month when shrimpers get back to work in Louisiana's rich waters. But this spring, catches are down, docks are idle and anxiety is growing that the ill effects of the BP spill may be far from over. (May 24)
Approximately 1500 astrologers from more than 30 countries have gathered in New Orleans for the United Astrology Conference, where they are discussing everything from the economy to the upcoming U.S. Presidential election. (May 24)
A stuntman in Britain has became the first person to skydive from above 2,000 feet and land without a parachute. Gary Connery jumped out of a helicopter wearing a special "wingsuit," and he landed on a runway of cardboard boxes. (May 24)
Mariela Castro, the daughter of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, spoke in San Francisco on Wednesday. She focused on transgender health care in Cuba. Many Cuban-Americans say she should not have been granted an entry visa. (May 24)
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