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FILE – In this Aug. 23, 1927, file photo, a crowd gathers in Union Square in New York a few hours before Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were put to death in Boston. The pair was executed ninety years ago amid fierce anti-immigrant sentiment. (AP Photo/File)

Today in History: August 23, Italian immigrants put to death in Boston

By Associated Press

August 23, 2025 at 1:00 a.m.

Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of...

FILE – Emmett Till’s photo is seen on his grave marker in Alsip, Ill., May 4, 2005. (Robert A. Davis/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

US releases Emmett Till investigation records ahead of 70th anniversary of his killing

By Associated Press

August 22, 2025 at 5:05 p.m.

Friday's release includes materials from the Justice Department, FBI and U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

FILE – In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire, Feb. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Apply safety rules to more trains carrying flammable cargo, lawmakers urge

By Associated Press

August 22, 2025 at 4:42 p.m.

Over the last decade, at least six trains considered high-hazard flammable have derailed.

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