.@NBCNews radio broadcasts news of the D-Day operation in Normandy, 82 years ago today. Courtesy @IkeLibrary 📻 🎙️My grandfather was serving as a codebreaker with the Signal Corp based in New Guinea at time of landing.
“Someone said he’s been shot!” 58 yrs ago today. Chaos at the Ambassador Hotel as Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Columnist Jimmy Breslin somberly described the scene: “RFK is on his back-he has a sad look on his face. You see, he knows so much about this thing.”
Box Alarm: United States Capitol Visitor Center - Small fire involving a space heater, extinguished quickly.
No immediate threat to the Capitol, Visitors Center, members, and staff.
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says they have ID'd the remains of Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Robert Barrat of Rhode Island. He was piloting a Flying Fortress bomber when it crashed w/ another plane in formation in Feb. 1945. He will be buried in Arlington this wk. #MemorialDay 🇺🇸
BREAKING | NBC News: Shortly after 6pm tonight a male suspect — who may have previously been known to DC police and the Secret Service — approached a Secret Service checkpoint near the White House and started firing indiscriminately at USSS agents, two officials say.
USSS fired at the man and he is down. A bystander was also hit.
Reported w/ @jonathan4ny
STORY: https://t.co/rNEtdEgKcv
We are aware of reports of shots fired near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW and are working to corroborate the information with personnel on the ground. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.
.@NBC unveiled its current iconic peacock logo 40 years ago this week at the end of its 60th anniversary celebration. It was designed by @cghnyc & while the peacock had been in use since 1956, the redesign simplified the logo & eliminated the "N" that was added in the 70s. 🦚 📺
Great time at the annual @syrpressclub awards dinner. I haven’t missed once since 2009 and yes I moved away six years ago. The SPC is celebrating 75 years in 2026. Will always love Syracuse. 🍊 📺 📰
LIVE: They are coming home.
Watch as the Artemis II crew returns to Earth, splashing down at around 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11). https://t.co/n3vZE2rcFv
Found a letter my grandfather sent to Hotel Taft in NYC reserving rooms for their honeymoon; requesting views of 50th or 7th Ave. I realized Hotel Taft is now the Michelangelo and I pass it everyday walking to work, 78 yrs later.
We're going around the Moon. Come watch with us. Artemis II's four-astronaut crew is lifting off from @NASAKennedy on an approximately 10-day mission that will bring us closer to living on the Moon and Mars. The launch window opens at 6:24pm ET (2224 UTC). https://t.co/X27QJejNDt