In the 19th century, the forced bondage and inhumane treatment of Black Americans fiercely divided the United States, North ...

Orange Park's Don Hillhouse, a "serious amateur" history researcher, scoured the National Archives for records of Union ...

Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that ...

Security forces in Syria said on Monday that they arrested three people involved in the execution of hundreds of civilians by ...

Just weeks before Charleston fell 160 years ago today, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. And now, in the very city that had championed the cause of bondage, formerly ...

Festival events include a movement workshop hosted by Jacob's Pillow and a reading and book-release of "Harlem Rhapsody" by best-selling author Victoria Christopher Murray.

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

Fakhr al-Din al-Ma’ani Castle, a 16th-century fortress ... was heavily bombarded during the Syrian civil war. On a recent day, armed fighters in military uniform roamed the castle grounds ...

President Donald Trump is moving with light speed and brute force to break the existing order and reshape America at home and ...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Monday compared Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers to young World War II ...

One of Syria’s six UNESCO World Heritage sites, Palmyra was once a key hub to the ancient Silk Road network linking the Roman and Parthian empires to Asia. Located in the Syrian desert, it is renowned ...

The holiday hasn’t been celebrated on Washington’s actual birthday of Feb. 22, or any other president’s birthday, for more ...