Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...

With his final breaths, one of the aviators provided information to give Allied artillery accurate coordinates to target ...

President Donald Trump has alluded to arcane legal arguments in repeatedly suggesting he could seek a third term. Besides ...

The short-lived league had teams in Poughkeepsie and Kingston, among others, and is known “for several oddities and firsts,” ...

After independence, internal divisions between the wealthier north and less-developed south triggered decades of violent conflict, including two civil wars. The second Sudanese civil war lasted ...

His tariff plans have sparked concerns of a major trade war between the two global superpowers. Earlier in March, William's father, King Charles, also showed subtle signs of support as he welcomed ...

The Defense Department (DoD) efforts to purge civil rights figures from its website led to the deletion of a page about Black Civil War hero Sgt. William Carney. That link once directed readers to ...

However, ever since World War II, the risk is always there. How much time Americans would have between a nuclear alert and strike If your city was under attack, you'd likely receive a Wireless ...

"The president has been thinking about reshuffling his cabinet and it is expected that it will happen,” a senior official at State House said. However, this is not the first time Ruto will be ...

Prince William was warmly welcomed by Estonia's president ... This morning the Defence Minister said he'd probably send some troops to Ukraine. Hopefully some of these troops will stay also.' ...

Prince William is stepping in for King Charles for a crucial mission as Buckingham Palace made a major announcement about the monarch. The Prince of Wales is set to arrive in Estonia on Thursday ...