An 1854 act of Congress undid the deal that had postponed a national reckoning over slavery. Political struggle would soon ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has kept an increased military presence in the Middle East throughout much of the past year, with about 40,000 forces, at least a dozen warships and four Air Force fighter jet ...

Historian John McManus rates the accuracy of World War II battles in "Masters of the Air," "Pearl Harbor," and "Flags of Our ...

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With maps and graphics flashing on movie theater-sized screens, top U.S. Army commanders monitored in real time a scenario of ...

This weekend's Caprock Chronicle is by Chris Larson, who reports on the longest battle of the Red River War, which happened ...

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific 25-hour British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

Halifax Regional Municipality has changed the boundaries of the historic Black community of Beechville, N.S., to better ...

Discover local connections to history at the 26th annual commemoration of the Battle of Plattsburgh! On September 11, 1814 a ...

The Biden administration sees the ceasefire talks as key to lowering tensions across the Middle East and avoiding an all-out regional war. But negotiations remain deadlocked, with Israel and Hamas ...

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Sudan’s war has been raging since April 2023. The country was on a bumpy road to democracy after mass uprisings in 2019 ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir. This all came to a halt when ...