Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori have split, reports said Thursday, capping two weeks of controversy for the rapper whose once-stellar career has descended into chaos.The Hollywood Reporter, ...

This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.

From luxury heritage routes to routine service passing through extraordinary scenery, here are 19 of our favorite rail ...

Barrington girls basketball improved to 15-2 on the season after a 62-44 win over the Shea-Tolman co-op on Tuesday night.

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

The Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) today announced the recipients of the final round of Fast Track Grants for fiscal year 2011. Sixty-five organizations in 50 communities throughout Minnesota ...

On November 10, 1898, white supremacists led the only successful U.S. coup, overthrowing Wilmington’s Black-led government in the ‘Wilmington Massacre.’ Its full toll and legacy remain unknown.

Seventy years ago in Scott County, it emerged from a winter that was five months long since last November 6. The best way to describe the weather- “uncertain.” Early March was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army was one of 28 government agencies authorized to fly helicopters near Ronald Reagan National ...

LONDON -- The U.K. government on Friday announced plans to dismantle the remains of London’s Grenfell Tower, almost eight ...