The Kings and Generals animated documentary series launches its new chapter on the American Civil War with an in-depth look ...

Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures.

At least two prisoners have died in custody, including one from severe interrogation injuries, as internal abuse allegations ...

South Fork Passage State Trail would provide 60 miles for hiking and paddling in North Carolina's southern Piedmont.

But the story Cymone Van Marter tells — the culmination of her honors thesis work at U of A — is far removed from any Methow ...

On this day before our Independence day, The Battle of Gettysburg ended, signaling the end of the Civil War that took over 600,000 lives. The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil ...

Those annoying countdown clocks the cable TV networks use to let us know how much time remains before a presidential address ...

General George Washington rode into Cambridge, Massachusetts, to lead an army of 16,000. These men, Washington announced, ...

On a sunny but crisp afternoon this spring, more visitors than you might think trekked on a weekday to Ball’s Bluff ...

Leesburg residents voted 400-22 to ratify Virginia’s Ordinance of Secession. A mere five miles northwest, however, the town ...