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Martin Amis’s ‘Zone of Interest’ Makes European Publishers Squirm

In France, they say they’re puzzled by the humor. In Germany, they say it will be difficult to market.

Urban Outfitters Features "Vintage" Red-Stained Kent State Sweatshirt

“Get it or regret it!” read the description for a “vintage,” one-of-a-kind Kent State sweatshirt that Urban Outfitters briefly offered for just $129.

Americans know surprisingly little about their government, survey finds

While little more than a third of respondents (36 percent) could name all three branches of the U.S. government, just as many (35 percent) could not name a single one.

Do You Have Snippets of the Star-Spangled Banner?

The pieces were snipped off the flag by its various keepers and given away as keepsakes until about 20 percent of the flag was missing by the 1880s.

Massive 5,000-Year-Old Stone Monument Revealed in Israel

Archaeologists previously thought the structure was part of a city wall.

The late Maurice Sendak ordered that his personal letters be destroyed

Noting that he had already shown his executors the location of "all of my personal letters, journals and diaries," he ordered them, upon his death, to be destroyed.

Lighthouses are vanishing fast

As marine navigation tools have become more sophisticated, lighthouses have become less necessary, and automated technology has eliminated the need for people to actually operate them.

115-Year-Old Shipwreck Finally Located Along Lake Superior's 'Shipwreck Coast'

In May 1899, a storm on Lake Superior caused a boat to sink so quickly that, as an eyewitness put it, the vessel "disappeared as suddenly as one could snuff out a candle."

There’s no surge in immigrant children across the border

The total number of children currently being apprehended is roughly half of what it was before the Great Recession.

A Chinese boy has made the discovery of a lifetime by stumbling across a 3,000-year-old bronze sword

Archaeologists have dated the 26cm (10in) weapon to either the Shang or Zhou dynasties - the dawn of Chinese civilisation - based on its material, size and shape.

President Nixon Overrode Near Consensus of Senior U.S. Officials on Threat Posed by Israeli Nuclear Program in 1969

Top officials at the Pentagon were especially supportive of applying pressure on Israel. Nixon overruled them.

Are Biblical Epics Epically Racist?

Whitewashing the Bible is nothing new.

Report: Iraq’s Heritage is now facing a new wave of destruction

More than 4000 archaeological sites that are located in areas that have been controlled by ISIS are facing a serious threatening either by looting or destruction.

In last quarter century every president has gone on prime time TV to announce he's bombing Iraq

Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama.

Cemetery for freed slaves was covered over by a gas station, but is now restored

Most of the people buried in the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery in Alexandria, their names now etched in bronze, were former slaves and children who escaped to freedom during the Civil War.

Russians say Aug 1991 events are tragedy, not triumph of democracy

The number has grown 14 percent in the past 20 years, from 27 percent in 1994, the Levada Center pollster told Interfax, referring to a nationwide poll held in late July.

Rare footage of FDR speaking out about healthcare

by Rebecca C. Warlow

The National Library of Medicine is making the film of Roosevelt’s speech publicly available for the first time, nearly 74 years after the President made his speech.

Why Is A State Historical Society Honoring A Discredited Book About Matthew Shepard?

"The book relies on wild extrapolation and questionable or anonymous sources and has been denounced as "fictional" by lawyers and investigators involved in the case."

1,000-Year-Old Viking Fortress Unearthed In Denmark

In what's been called a "sensational" find, archaeologists have discovered a Viking fortress near the Danish city of Køge, about 30 miles southwest of Copenhagen.

'Daisy Girl' political ad still haunting 50 years later

It is the most famous, or notorious, political attack ad in U.S. history, and 50 years after it first aired on Sept. 7, 1964, the iconic "Daisy" commercial has lost none of its explosive punch.