On This Day: March 17

10 years of headlines that grabbed us.
March 17, 2025
Former Rep Is Dying, Has Last Message for America
Mia Love, who became the first Black Republican woman in Congress when she was elected to the House of Representatives in 2014, is dying, and she has taken to one of the newspapers from her home state of Utah to share an open letter with the country.  Keep reading >>
 
March 17, 2024
Trump Warns of a 'Bloodbath' If He Loses
Donald Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on Saturday, with his remarks on migrants and about a potential "bloodbath" should he lose the election drawing particular attention.  Keep reading >>
 
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March 17, 2023
Charged With Wife's Murder, His Family Feud Joke Now Looks Bad
The former Family Feud contestant charged with murdering his estranged wife is on trial, and prosecutors on Wednesday said that Timothy Bliefnick had searched for "how to make a homemade silencer," "how to open a door with a crowbar," "how to wash off gunpowder," and the average response time of the local police department, KFOR reports.  Keep reading >>
 
March 17, 2022
Driver in Crash That Killed Nine Was Only 13 Years Old
A jarring revelation in a deadly crash: The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that a 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people, per the AP.  Keep reading >>
 
March 17, 2021
'He Wanted Some of Her Stimulus.' 4 Ended Up Dead
An argument over stimulus money ended with four people, including a 7-year-old girl, dead in Indianapolis on Saturday night, police say.  Keep reading >>
 
 
March 17, 2020
Americans May Be Getting Checks Soon
It looks like Americans will soon be getting some type of relief check amid the coronavirus crisis.  Keep reading >>
 
March 17, 2019
Boeing Black Box Finding Is Revealed
Preliminary data retrieved from the flight data recorder of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed shows "a clear similarity" with an earlier disaster in Indonesia, Ethiopia's transport minister said Sunday.  Keep reading >>
 
March 17, 2018
Former CIA Director to Trump: 'America Will Triumph Over You'
The onetime FBI deputy director long scorned by President Trump and just fired by the attorney general kept personal memos describing interactions with the president that are similar to the notes compiled by dismissed FBI chief James Comey.  Keep reading >>
 
March 17, 2017
Wiretapping Joke Doesn't Help Tense Trump-Merkel Meeting
President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a joint press conference following a meeting Friday, and NPR reports it was "wide ranging and occasionally tense."  Keep reading >>
 
March 17, 2016
President Trump Would Be a Top Global Risk: Economist
The Economist Intelligence Unit has released what it believes to be the top 10 global risks, including the UK possibly ditching the EU, Russia's presence in Ukraine and Syria heralding a new "cold war," and … President Trump?  Keep reading >>