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The Roanoke Island Colony: Lost, and Found?

Archaeological finds in North Carolina may provide clues to the fate of at least some of the Roanoke Island colonists who vanished in the late 1500s.

Even after 100 years, town debates what to do with painful memories of Leo Frank's lynching

The Anti-Defamation League, founded in response to the lynching, is marking the anniversary with a push for Georgia to pass a hate-crime law.

Reliable Presidential Election Model Picks 2016 Winner

Moody’s model does not predict which candidate will win, only which political party.

A small town in Kansas relishes its history as a refuge for freed blacks

The town was founded in 1877, in the midst of America’s rapid westward expansion, by freed slaves from Kentucky who envisioned a black oasis on the prairie. And every year there's a celebration. 

Humans Have Burned Up Half the World’s Biomass

It took millions, even billions, of years for these fuels to accumulate, and we’re running through them at a startlingly fast pace.

Edward Heath, former British PM, subject of inquiries into child abuse claims

It has been confirmed that British police are examining claims of child sexual abuse against a former prime minister, Edward Heath.

Poll: Americans want Eleanor Roosevelt on $10 bill

In the weeks since the U.S. Treasury announced it would put a woman on the newly redesigned $10 bill, Americans have changed their mind about who they think should be the first woman to be featured on paper currency in more than a century.

New Information Spotlights General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Early Misgivings about First Nuclear Use

A few months after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, General Dwight D. Eisenhower commented during a social occasion "how he had hoped that the war might have ended without our having to use the bomb."

Mormon church publishes photos in push toward transparency

Mormons believe that 185 years ago, Smith found gold plates engraved with writing in ancient Egyptian in upstate New York. They say God helped him translate the text using the stone and other tools, and it became known as the Book of Mormon.

Common Core increasing popularity of children's history

Although Amazon won't release sales figures, publishers say the genre's growth is phenomenal.

As Islamic State group threatens its history, Iraq moves to digitize its national library

As Islamic State militants set out to destroy Iraq's history and culture, including irreplaceable books and manuscripts kept in the militant-held city of Mosul, a major preservation and digitization project is underway in the capital to safeguard a millennium worth of history.

An Old Songbook Could Put ‘Happy Birthday’ in the Public Domain

A ruling is near in a lawsuit that claims the copyright on the much-sung song is not valid. That would be an unhappy day for Warner Music Group, which could lose millions in licensing fees.

NASA Displays Challenger and Columbia Wreckage

This summer, pieces of the wreckage as well as personal effects of the 14 astronauts killed aboard the two doomed shuttles are on display for the first time, as part of a new permanent memorial at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Harvard acquires Thoreau's notes on the death of Margaret Fuller

Fuller’s body and manuscript were lost to the sea. But a recent Houghton Library acquisition is shedding new light on the tragedy and on what Thoreau found as he wandered the beach for clues and interviewed survivors.

A salute lost to history

Hannah Schwarz explores a 1934 photo that appears to show Jewish children in Pittsburgh giving the Nazi salute

New books out on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

by HNN Editor

Two new books are drawing attention.

Remains of Nazi-Destroyed Synagogue Found Using Radar

Ground-penetrating radar is helping archaeologists locate the buried remains of the Great Synagogue of Vilna in Lithuania.

76 Years Later, Lost F. Scott Fitzgerald Story Sees The Light Of Day

The story appears in the current issue of The Strand.

Say goodbye to the weirdest border dispute in the world

India and Bangladesh began the exchange of over 160 enclaves – small areas of sovereignty completely surrounded on all sides by another country – and in so doing ended a dispute that has lasted almost 70 years.

HMS Victory: The mystery of Britain's worst naval disaster is finally solved - 271 years later

David Keys reveals the research that finally explains why HMS Victory went down with the loss of 1,100 lives