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February 7 – February 9 – The death toll from a nor'easter across the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada is 18, with 40 inches of snow reported from Hamden, Connecticut. More than 900,000 customers lost power at the height of the storm, while airports in the region cancelled over 5,300 flights.
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- The Moore, Okla. Tornado
- The IRS Overreaches
- Gun Control Loses Steam
- Detroit Files For Bankruptcy
- George Zimmerman Acquitted
- The Federal Government Shuts Down
- The Supreme Court Finds For Gay Marriage
- Obamacare’s Bungled Rollout
- The Boston Marathon Bombing
- The Snowden Leaks
Like most tornados, the storm that tore through Moore, Okla. on May 20 arrived with little advance notice. Though forecasters knew the conditions were present for a potentially dangerous twister, it wasn’t until 2:40 p.m. that the National Weather Service issued its most serious warning: a “tornado emergency.” 16 minutes later, the storm barrelled ...
When a report surfaced in May that the IRS was targeting nonprofits with words like “Tea Party” in their name for increased scrutiny, it looked, momentarily, like President Obama was facing a major political scandal. Within days, the IRS’ acting commissioner resigned and Republicans were calling for Obama’s impeachment. But things didn’t unfold as ...
The horrific school shooting in Newtown, Conn. that left 20 children and six adults dead was supposed to have been a turning point for gun control advocates. Riding the collective dismay over the massacre, Democratic Congressional leaders sought to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and expand background checks on gun sales. Despite Pr...
After years of population losses and mounting debt, Detroit filed for bankruptcy on July 18, becoming the largest city in U.S. history to hit the reset button. The move was an acknowledgement that the Motor City, once the richest in America, was incapable of digging itself out from an $18 billion hole. “The 2009 bailouts may have revived the carmak...
By the time George Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder in April of 2012, the small-town altercation had already become a major national story. Only the basic facts were clear: Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old African American, after a confrontation in the Florida neighborh...
Unable to reach agreement on federal spending levels, a dysfunctional Congress stumbled into the first government shutdown since the mid-1990s, grinding much of the federal bureaucracy to a halt for more than two weeks in October. The showdown was forced by a cadre of conservative Republicans, who sought to tie government funding to a bill to gut t...
On June 26, the Supreme Court made official what may be the fastest shift on a civil rights issue in the nation’s history. In a landmark 5-4 decision, the high court struck down the federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman, clearing the way for gay marriage throughout the U.S. Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy fram...
The passage of the Affordable Care Act may have been President Barack Obama’s greatest triumph, and its roll-out his greatest failure. The Oct. 1 launch of the federal website for purchasing private insurance coverage through a government-operated exchange was an unmitigated disaster. A combination of technical glitches, high demand and faulty codi...
When two pressure cookers exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, the blast killed three people, injured more than 260 others, and put an entire nation on edge. The bombs — a crude mix of nails and shrapnel that tore through the crowd of cheering spectators, volunteers and proud, almost-finished runners — instantly transfo...
On June 6, the Guardian and theWashington Post broke the first stories in a series that would expose extraordinary surveillance at home and abroad by the U.S. National Security Agency in arguably the most important leak of classified intelligence ever. The stories initially detailed the NSA’s program of bulk data collection of Americans’ phone and ...
- United States --- Boston Marathon Bombings. Two bombs are exploded at the Boston Marathon on April 15, killing 3 and injuring 264 people. Two pressure cooker bombs were set off at the Boston Marathon near the finish line, killing three people and injuring another two hundred and sixty-four people.
- United States --- Target Security Breach. Millions of Target customers' data is stolen in a large security breach over the holiday shopping season. More Information and Timeline For Target Security Breach.
- United States --- NSA PRISM Leaks. US officials admitted that the NSA (National Security Agency) illegally collected tens of thousands of personal emails between US citizens.
- Popular Culture 2013. Musicians like P!nk, Bruno Mars, Macklemore, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Lorde, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Selena Gomez top the charts and win awards.
Historical events from year 2013. Learn about 759 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 2013 or search by date or keyword.
From a tragedy at the finish line to a supreme triumph for gay rights, a new pontiff to a new royal, our look back at the year's biggest news events.
Dec 19, 2013 · From royal babies to famous twerkers, this slideshow covers the major events in 2013 that impacted our world, for better or for worse.
Dec 30, 2013 · What a year you were, 2013. Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks turned up the heat on a cauldron of privacy concerns that’s sure to boil over in the next year. Drones expanded from killing machines to ...
