Today in News History
On June 17, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1867, John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian (died 1948) was born. In 1914, John Hersey, American journalist and author (died 1993) was born. In 1920, Jacob H. Gilbert, American lawyer and politician (died 1981) was born. In 1922, John Amis, English journalist and critic (died 2013) was born. In 1923, Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian and academic (died 1999) was born. In 1966, Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras, Iraqi journalist and author was born. In 1979, Tyson Apostol, American television personality was born. In 1981, Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (born 1889) passed away. In 2012, Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (born 1965) passed away. In 2014, Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (born 1954) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
JD Vance Humiliated as He’s Savaged by Early Book Reviews
KENT NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty ImagesVice President JD Vance has already been hit with a flurry of damning reviews for his new book. Communion, touted as a spiritual memoir, has been savaged by both the Wall Street Journal and The Cut, with the latter being particularly unimpressed by Vance’s telling of his home life and his conversion to Catholicism in his mid-30s. “I got a colonoscopy on Friday,” writes Ginny Hogan for The Cut. “If only that were the least pleasant experience of my last week. But no, that would be when I pulled an all-nighter on Monday reading Communion.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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