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Sarah Hepola asks Ken Burns five questions ahead of his Dallas appearance at the Winspear Opera House on June 3 to preview ...

Algeria and France are currently experiencing their worst crisis since the former French colony won independence in 1962, said the author of a landmark report on France's legacy in the north ...

To mark the 250th anniversary of America’s founding on July 4, 1776, Smithsonian magazine is highlighting the people, places and events that shaped the United States’ fight for independence ...

A 24-year-old pervert who branded himself 'Mama's Boy' amassed a horrific collection of child abuse material and an image of a horse being abused. Brandon Simpson watched the illegal videos ...

Mecklenburg, North Carolina, is celebrating its own Declaration of Independence claiming it was signed a year before all the American colonies split from British rule. Here's a controversy that ...

NICK DE LA CANAL, BYLINE: If you've never heard of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, here's historian Scott Syfert with a primer. He's sipping beer inside a brewery, where he just ...