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Medal of Honor for a Civil War Hero 150 Years in the Grave

He went off to fight, telling a cousin that “I may never return” but “I will gain a name in this war.”

Seeing the Great Depression

A new project from Yale invites viewers to explore some 175,000 images of America in the 1930s and '40s.

Zara removes striped pyjamas with yellow star following online outrage

Social media users likened the baby’s pyjama top, featuring horizontal stripes and a ‘Sheriff’ star to clothes worn by Jewish concentration camp prisoners.

It’s the 30th anniversary of the epic come-back of Jesse Helms — and his sordid TV campaign

Thirty years ago, North Carolina waged a Senate race that even today staggers the imagination.

Nearly Every Founding Fathers’ Quote Shared By A Likely Future Congressman Is Fake

A future “constitutional conservative” member of Congress

Beloit College is out with its annual list of what freshman know ... Tiny Tim? Carl Sagan? Forget about it.

Students heading into their first year of college this year were generally born in 1996. Among those who have never been alive in their lifetime are Tupac Shakur, JonBenet Ramsey, Carl Sagan, and Tiny Tim.

Where’s the one place in the world where nobody’s messed with WW II relics?

It’s Kiska island in Alaska. And the public’s barred.

Secrets of the Clinton Library

Six months after the National Archives began releasing long-withheld Clinton White House documents, thousands of pages of the most sensitive records are still not yet public.

Paris is celebrating 70 years since liberation from Nazi occupation, with little contribution from US or UK

The week-long celebrations have focused mainly on the part played by French civilians and fighters, 

D.C.’s darkest day, a war that no one remembers

On Aug. 24, 1814, the British started a fire — and ultimately kindled a capital’s future.

Fareed Zakaria Appears to Have Plagiarized Entire Paragraphs in One of His Books

Zakaria, who admitted in 2012 to copying a New Yorker paragraph in a piece for Time, said he did not believe the cited material constituted plagiarism.

India Bans Indira Gandhi Assassination Film

Certification board chair Leela Samson said panel members decided the film could not be released because it posed a threat to public "law and order."

Chung Eun-yong,Who Helped Expose U.S. Killings of Koreans, Dies at 91

He sent more than a dozen petitions to the American government demanding an apology and compensation.

WWII Atomic Bomb Project Had More Than 1,500 “Leaks”

Wherever there are national security secrets, it seems that leaks and spies are not far behind.

Neanderthals Died Out 10,000 Years Earlier Than Thought, With Help From Modern Humans

New fossil dates show our ancient cousins disappeared 40,000 years ago.

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.

Website publishes 40 amazing maps that show the Roman Empire's rise and fall

by Timothy B. Lee

Here are 40 maps that explain the Roman Empire — its rise and fall, its culture and economy, and how it laid the foundations of the modern world.

Secrets Of Iceberg That Sank The Titanic Revealed In New Study

Ever since RMS Titanic sank on that fateful day in 1912, scientists have been struggling to explain the "perfect storm of circumstances that conspired to doom" the luxury liner.

Former Nixon Counsel John Dean: Right-Wing Media Impeachment Calls, Watergate Comparisons "Absolutely Silliness"

"The conservative media just doesn't seem to understand the impeachment clause. It is not designed to ... besmirch a president with, and that's all they're doing with it."

Richard III Really Ate and Drank Like a King

An analysis of a skeleton dug up two years ago and shown to belong to Richard III reveals that fresh fish, game birds and wine were staples of his diet.