On This Day: May 17

10 years of headlines that grabbed us.
May 17, 2024
House Hearing Descends Into Verbal Brawl Between AOC, MTG
A House Oversight Committee hearing held Thursday was meant to concentrate on a resolution over Attorney General Merrick Garland.  Keep reading >>
 
May 17, 2023
NYPD Weighs In on Photogs' Pursuit of Harry, Meghan
Prince Harry, wife Meghan, and her mother were involved in what a rep for the prince is calling a "near catastrophic car chase" on Tuesday night.  Keep reading >>
 
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May 17, 2022
Report: Plane Crashed Into the Earth Intentionally
When a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 crashed into the earth in March, the impact caused a 65-foot-deep crater and smashed the plane into tens of thousands of pieces, some of them buried underground by the force.  Keep reading >>
 
May 17, 2021
Reports of Bill Gates' Iffy Behavior Are Coming Out
Reports of allegedly "questionable behavior," as the New York Times puts it, are piling up around Bill Gates in the wake of his divorce announcement.  Keep reading >>
 
May 17, 2020
Trump Jr. Makes an 'Incendiary' Allegation
"See you later, alligator" is one thing—"In a while, pedophile" is quite another.  Keep reading >>
 
 
May 17, 2019
School Goes on Lockdown, Then the Surprising Arrest
An all-too familiar scene unfolded at Southbridge High School in Massachusetts Thursday morning when the school went on lockdown.  Keep reading >>
 
May 17, 2018
Woman Killed in Attack by 7 Dachshund-Mix Dogs
They weighed no more than 40 pounds each and reached just up to one's knees, but all together, a pack of seven dachshunds proved a deadly force in Oklahoma.  Keep reading >>
 
May 17, 2017
Trump: No Other Politician Has Been Treated So Unfairly
In the wake of the revelation that President Trump allegedly tried to meddle in FBI affairs, the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee want to see James Comey's memos.  Keep reading >>
 
May 17, 2016
Woman Mistaken for Transgender Accosted in Bathroom
Aimee Toms says her story shows just how "amazingly ridiculous" the ongoing controversy over transgender bathroom use has become.  Keep reading >>
 
May 17, 2015
9 Dead in Biker-Gang Shootout
A motorcycle-gang shootout in Waco, Texas, left nine people dead and 17 injured today when gangs opened fire in a restaurant and its parking lot, KWTX reports.  Keep reading >>