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Today in History: July 15, discovery of the Rosetta Stone
Today in History
Today is Wednesday, July 15, the 196th day of 2026. There are 169 days left in the year.
Today in History:
On July 15, 1799, the Rosetta Stone, a key to deciphering ancient Egyptian scripts, was found at Fort Julien in the Nile Delta during the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt.
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'Right under our noses and nobody was able to help them.' 16 kids found in squalor shocks Ohio town
HAMDEN, Ohio (AP) — Just days after authorities removed 16 siblings from a squalid home and arrested their parents and grandparents, the question looms over their southern Ohio village: How could this have happened, for years, unnoticed, right here?
Neighbors of the family in tiny Hamden, employees at local stores where th ... (full story)
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Specialty farmers adapt harvests, protect crops in face of extreme heat
BROOKSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Even as the sun started to set, the day's heat was still hanging in the air as Annie Woods walked back out to harvest squash and zucchini on her 50-acre farm.
Prolonged and intense heat is part of a climate change-driven pattern of weather extremes that has also led to intense flooding and prolonged ... (full story)
Members of a sexual predator network on Telegram tried to hide their crimes with code words
BERLIN (AP) — They called themselves the “German driving school for experts,” but prosecutors say the true purpose of their Telegram chats was to brag about the women they raped and share tips about how to drug them.
In posts that sometimes included photos and videos of their attacks on unconscious victims, the ... (full story)
Egg producers will pay $3.3M and donate 53 million eggs to settle price-fixing claims
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers this week to resolve allegations that the companies illegally colluded for years to raise prices, including when the cost soared to record highs last year.
The states and federal government accused Cal-Mai ... (full story)