National News

12 young soccer players and their coach became trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand.

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona scored the infamous “Hand of God” goal in the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup against England, giving Argentina a 1-0 lead before he scored again minutes later to seal a 2-1 victory.

The aircraft SpaceShipOne made the first privately funded human spaceflight.

Race-related rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to quell the violence that resulted in more than 30 deaths.

Sunday marks the summer solstice, the year’s longest day and the beginning of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere as Earth tilts.

Former Chicago organized crime boss Sam Giancana was shot to death in the basement of his home in Oak Park, Illinois; the killing has never been solved.

The Supreme Court is siding with a Texas marijuana user who wants to legally own a gun, the latest in a line of firearm cases.

Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Lawmakers in some states this year have moved to impose stricter potency caps.

Real estate mogul Donald Trump launched his successful campaign for the presidency of the United States with a speech at Trump Tower in Manhattan.