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Fact Check: Trump gets his Mideast history wrong

Donald Trump on Monday painted the Middle East as an oasis of stability before Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state, arguing that she and President Barack Obama "launched" the Islamic State group onto the world.

Milwaukee's deep history of racial tensions

Milwaukee has the unfortunate distinction of being the country's most segregated city between blacks and whites, according to a recent study.

Family of Martin Luther King Jr. Settles Dispute Over 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Medal

A disagreement had split the family of Martin Luther King Jr. after his two sons thought that the icon’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal should be sold, while his daughter opposed the idea.

The State of the Clinton-Trump Race: Is It Over?

by Nate Cohn

The NYT model gives Mrs. Clinton an 88 percent chance of winning. But history gives Trump slight hope.

Hillary Clinton’s breakout moment at Wellesley College

The story that has not yet been told is how out of character Clinton’s inflammatory Wellesley speech was.

An Israeli organisation wants an apology and reparations from Palestine over the murder of 11 of its Olympians in 1972.

The group says Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas financed the operation.

Decision to remove Minstrel photo in UK condemned as 'political correctness'

The photo shows a "blacked-up Minstrel group."

Queen of England was asked to change her speech when she visited Jamestown in 2007

Emails reveal that she intended to refer to slavery as a tradition.

A Tough Sell, Even in Russia: Ivan the Not-So-Terrible

A Russian governor plans to erect a statue to honor the notorious czar, but many in his region are not impressed.

At a Donald Trump Rally, a Confederate Flag Goes Up, and Quickly Comes Down

A Trump supporter who had hung the flag near the stage was prodded to remove it and did so, unhappily.

University of Oregon founder was a racist who never disavowed slavery

But a historians’ investigation says his views were complicated. He shielded Chinese immigrants from violence.

Declassified U.S. Records Highlight Argentine Military Abuses, Internal Carter White House Debate over Human Rights Policy

Records show Kissinger sought to undermine human rights message in Argentina.

Rebuilding a Former Slave’s House in the Smithsonian

Few Reconstruction-era residences from communities of former slaves are still standing today. The Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture will feature the reassembled structure of one.

Cleveland's Chief Wahoo: The team’s offensive logo is being downplayed, but still survives.

Cleveland owner Paul Dolan announced earlier this year that a "Block C" would become the team's primary logo.

How Did People Migrate to the Americas? Bison DNA Helps Chart the Way

Two groups of experts generally agree when a gateway from Siberia to North America opened, but not on who used it first.

Vikings Possibly Spread Smooth-Riding Horses Around the World

DNA analysis of ancient horse remains suggests that ambling horses arose in England and Iceland before spreading to the rest of Eurasia.

This GOP Candidate Questions Whether the Civil War Should Have Been Fought

Meet Jason Lewis, who just won a key congressional primary.

Trump: A True Story

The mogul, in a 2007 deposition, had to face up to a series of falsehoods and exaggerations. And he did. Sort of.

Investigation: Piltdown hoax was the work of one man

by Isabelle De Groote

It turns out it was the person who publicized the discovery of the human-like skull.

Kissinger hindered US effort to end mass killings in Argentina, according to files

Newly declassified files show the former secretary of state jeopardized efforts to crackdown on bloodshed by Argentina’s 1976-83 military dictatorship.