A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 17, 1961, some 1,400 CIA-trained ...

Yesterday, a rare Douglas A-26 Bomber flew into Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Today, it will do a flyover ...

On April 17, 1961, the CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion aiming to overthrow Fidel Castro’s Cuba government began. Poor ...

On April 17, 1961, some 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple ...

This week marks 64 years since the 1961 landing of Cuban exiles on the southern shores of their homeland in what was, ultimately, a doomed U.S.-backed operation that still haunts many today.

April 17th marks a day filled with events that have significantly shaped the course of history across various continents and ...

Grover Arthur “Art” Spivey, a local Navy veteran Rank YN2, was interred at the Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo on ...

Canel, First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party Central Committee and Cuban President, recalled the 1961 US-led mercenary ...

One of the two people killed in Thursday’s shootings at Florida State University was the son of Ricardo “Monkey” Morales, a ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has commemorated the anniversary of the Assault Brigade 2506’s (Brigade 2506) involvement in ...

Morales, who worked in FSU's dining services department for the past nine years, had deep roots in South Florida, growing up ...

One of the two people killed in Thursday’s shooting at Florida State University was the son of Ricardo “Monkey” Morales, a ...