In “Shots Heard Round the World,” John Ferling argues that substantial – and secret – aid from France helped the colonists ...

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The case involves 12 students from six families who attend military-run schools in Virginia, Kentucky, Italy and Japan.

Twelve students are suing the defense secretary for removing nearly 400 books from their Pentagon school library.

MICHAEL BECKLEY is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American ...

A new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin offers a fresh account of the region as an incubator of ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the ...

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. Here are some facts you might not have known about the ship, its crew, and the discovery of the ship.

With its scenic harbors, quaint residential streets, and picturesque boardwalks, Manteo is often referred to as the prettiest town in the Outer Banks. Here's how to spend a weekend exploring the ...