Today, we celebrate the towering life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin—printer and philosopher, inventor and diplomat, public ...

An excerpt from David B. Williams and Jennifer Ott’s new book, “Seattle’s Locks and Ship Canal: A History and Guide,” ...

We revisit the Fashoda Incident - a remote showdown on the Upper Nile that nearly dragged Britain and France into total war in 1898. We follow the French race to Faschoda, the brutal journey across ...

The Trumbull Motor Car Company is one of many long-forgotten car brands that launched in Connecticut back when cars were ...

Three other freshmen Republicans had been elected in 1920 from Tennessee. Joe Brown, the son of a former Republican ...

Instant coffee was popularized during World War I. Find out why soldiers on the frontlines used to call it by a different ...

The country’s oil industry has undergone major shifts and two waves of nationalization since its first well started pumping ...

Once one of the world's richest nations, Venezuela has faced a decadeslong collapse that triggered one of the largest ...

Swiss skier Camille Rast earned her first career win in a World Cup giant slalom and dedicated her victory to the victims of the fire at a Crans-Montana bar KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia -- Swiss skier ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Two of the biggest zombie franchises are teaming up as World War Z's next story campaign DLC will cross over with The Walking Dead. Players will be ...

Sure, here is the new description with all the links and additional text removed: On Christmas Eve 1914 the artillery shelling and bombardments stopped for a little while. During those Christmas days ...

Presented as a special holiday event in partnership with the Ringling at the Historic Asolo Theatre, the production recounts the 1914 Christmas truce on the Western Front, beginning when a German ...