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** FILE ** Serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz is escorted into a Harris County Courtroom by Sheriff Department Lt. J. Holden for a hearing, July 14, 1999, in Houston. Since his arrest the man known as the “Railroad Killer” has given authorities crucial details that have helped close four murder cases in three states, including one in which another man had been charged. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, POOL)

Today in History: July 13, ‘Railroad Killer’ surrenders in Texas

By The Associated Press

July 13, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Angel Maturino Resendiz, suspected of being the “Railroad Killer” responsible for the deaths at least...

FILE – Sam Neill arrives at the premiere of “Apples Never Fall” on March 12, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Sam Neill, New Zealand actor who starred in ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Piano,’ dies at 78

By The Associated Press

July 13, 2026 at 2:17 p.m.

By MARK KENNEDY and CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sam Neill, the smoothly...

FILE – U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., gestures as he speaks to the media in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally and foreign policy hawk, dies after a brief illness

By The Associated Press

July 12, 2026 at 8:28 a.m.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who traveled the...

Torn down metal grating protecting stores, during a lull in the Newark riots in Newark, New Jersey, July 1967. Ocurring over four days, from 12th July to 17th July, the riots were sparked by the beating of a Black taxi driver (John William Smith) by two white Newark police officers (John DeSimone and Vito Pontrelli) on the evening of 12th July. (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Today in History: July 12, riot erupts in New Jersey over police beating of Black taxi driver

By The Associated Press

July 12, 2026 at 2:00 a.m.

Rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey, over the police beating of a Black taxi driver;...

FILE- in this July 11, 2006 file photo, policemen investigate near a train coach destroyed by a bomb blast at Matunga railway station in Mumbai, India. An Indian court on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 sentenced five suspected Islamic militants to death and gave seven others life in prison for bombing attacks nine years ago on seven Mumbai commuter trains that killed 188 people and wounded more than 800. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

Today in History: July 11, train bombing in Mumbai kills more than 200

By The Associated Press

July 11, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

Eight bombs hit a commuter rail network during evening rush hour in Mumbai, India, killing...

A man takes a photo at Meta corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Nov. 9, 2022. (JOSH EDELSON/Getty Images North America/TNS)

Meta’s new AI image generation tool raises alarm in Hollywood and on Instagram

By Tribune News Service

July 10, 2026 at 2:49 p.m.

The launch fits a familiar Silicon Valley pattern — ship products first, ask for forgiveness...

This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP)

How to stay safe and still enjoy produce this summer with the outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite

By The Associated Press

July 10, 2026 at 2:31 p.m.

The parasite spreads through feces-contaminated produce.

A photograph of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is passed to the front during a news conference Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Detainees tell their lawyer an ICE officer shot a Houston driver through a passenger window

By The Associated Press

July 10, 2026 at 2:52 p.m.

Witnesses dispute official ICE claims regarding the fatal shooting of a Houston man.

This file picture shows the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior lying on its side in Auckland harbour on July 10, 1985 after being blown-up by French secret service agents during the night of July 09 as the ship lay docked in Auckland harbour in preparation for a protest expedition to the nuclear test site at French atoll Mururoa. Global environment group Greenpeace will on July 10 mark the keel-laying of the latest incarnation of its flagship the Rainbow Warrior at Poland’s Gdansk shipyard, it said today June 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO / NEW ZEALAND HERALD (FILES) (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)

Today in History: July 10, Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior blown up by French agents

By The Associated Press

July 10, 2026 at 2:01 a.m.

The Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk with explosives in Auckland, New Zealand, by...

Melat Kiros, a Democratic candidate in Colorado's 1st Congressional District, declares victory to supporters on primary election night in Denver, June 30, 2026. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)

Independent candidate hoping to take on Democrat Melat Kiros turns in signatures for Denver congressional seat

By John Aguilar

July 9, 2026 at 5:26 p.m.

Melat Kiros, who last month earned the Democratic nomination to run for the seat long...

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Today in History: July 13, ‘Railroad Killer’ surrenders in Texas

Sam Neill, New Zealand actor who starred in ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Piano,’ dies at 78

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally and foreign policy hawk, dies after a brief illness

Today in History: July 12, riot erupts in New Jersey over police beating of Black taxi driver

Today in History: July 11, train bombing in Mumbai kills more than 200

How to stay safe and still enjoy produce this summer with the outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite

Detainees tell their lawyer an ICE officer shot a Houston driver through a passenger window

Today in History: July 10, Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior blown up by French agents

Independent candidate hoping to take on Democrat Melat Kiros turns in signatures for Denver congressional seat