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Four astronauts from four countries rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday. (August 26)

At least seven people were injured when gunfire broke out in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, police said.

Spectators gathered before dawn on Saturday outside Florida’s Kennedy Space Center to watch a SpaceX spacecraft with four astronauts on board take off. (August 26)(AP Video/Cody Jackson)

Authorities have named 388 people still missing after Maui fires, a heads up about October’s national emergency alert test: 5 Things podcast

On the day MLK delivered a historic speech in Washington, a child’s carousel ride marked the end of segregation at a Baltimore amusement park.

On Wednesday, October 4, a test is planned of the entire nation’s Emergency Alert system. Here’s what to know.

Makyyla Holland, a 25-year-old transgender woman, will receive $160,000 for harm she suffered and new policies will be enacted by Broome County Jail.

On the day before the 60th memorial of 1963 march on Washington, Bernice King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter, visited her father’s monument in Washington to reflect on the march and family legacy. (Aug. 25)

0826 Today in History

Protesters gathered outside the Japanese prime minister’s office in Tokyo on Friday to demonstrate against the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant. “I want them to realise that they have made a mistake and mak…