In 1972, American Bobby Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, as Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union resigned before the resumption of Game 21.
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Ex // Top Stories Childhood trauma drives adult addiction, but community support provides the lifejacket Adverse childhood experiences affect all walks of life but recovery is inaccessible to most In 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin issued a “desperate SOS” as his city descended into anarchy amid the flooding left by Hurricane Katrina.In 2015, invoking “God’s authority,” Rowan County, Kentucky, Clerk Kim Davis denied marriage licenses to gay couples again in direct defiance of the federal courts, and vowed not to resign, even under the pressure of steep fines or jail.
Five years ago: At a nearly three-hour memorial service for the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain in Washington, McCain’s daughter and two former presidents led a public rebuke of President Donald Trump’s divisive politics and called for a return to civility among the nation’s leaders. Human rights watch said an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels that hit a school bus, killing dozens of people including 40 children, was an “apparent war crime.
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