The Battle of Gettysburg saw excessive heat and a severe thunderstorm, likely piling on the casualties to the biggest battle ...

Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...

Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, is facing two felony charges over her role in the toppling of a Confederate statue in Portsmouth in June, police announced Monday.

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The capture highlights a core problem in the ...

The latest news on the war between Israel and the militant group Hamas, including reporting from the Middle East and analysis of the impact of the escalating Israel-Gaza conflict globally and in ...

War. The astonishing reversal in Ecuador, from giving rights to nature in 2023 to drilling for oil in the lands of indigenous people, is telling of the insidious power and corruption of petroleum.