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It was on this date in 1944 that four German soldiers approached American lines near Bastogne, Belgium and gave an ultimatum for surrender to Gen. Anthony McAuliffe. McAuliffe's 101st Airborne contingent were encircled by German forces. He famously sent back a message to the German commander that read simply "Nuts!" And it was on this date in 1967, the Graduate appeared in theaters.

Downtown Cincinnati's Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains will come alive with the a capella magic of England's The King Singers on February 19. A choral...

A Mississippi jury convicts former Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen of manslaughter for his role in the deaths of three voter registration workers in 1964. The guilty verdict was rendered on the 41st anniversary of the murders in Philadelphia, Miss.

A team of international election observers is in the United States in advance of the November vote. The group spent last week examining voting procedures in St. Louis, where four years ago the election was marred by charges that hundreds of registered voters were prevented from casting ballots. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

Rupert Murdoch had decided to take over the British media giant and flip it with other 21st Century Fox properties in a sale to Disney. But Sky directors have pulled support from his bid.

Here's a list of watch parties in Northeast Ohio planned for the solar eclipse on August 21st. If you're aware of one that's not on our list, please...

More than a million pilgrims have visited Moscow's main cathedral to see the remains of Saint Nicholas, a bishop from Asia Minor who's said to be the inspiration behind the story of Santa Claus.

The storm is expected to strengthen before nearing land late Tuesday. Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Florida have declared states of emergency in anticipation of Irma.

G-8 leaders meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, release a statement expressing "deepening concern" about rising civilian casualties on all sides of the violence in the Middle East. It also blamed the immediate crisis on "efforts by extremists forces to destabilize the region."

The funeral was held on Thursday for Philando Castile, the 32-year-old black man shot and killed by a police officer last Wednesday during a traffic stop in a suburb of St. Paul. The service comes two days before Castile would have turned 33 years old.