Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

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A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and bayonets,” killing a man known as Galloway or Gallaway, according to ...

In a major counter-terrorism move, President Trump announced the approval of the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, a key suspect ...

French President Emmanuel Macron offers to back Syria’s interim government in potential partnership with the U.S.-led international coalition fighting against extremist groups in Syria and Iraq at a c ...

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The Colored Orphan Asylum is under siege. A cauldron of resentment, anti-authority, and racial tensions rise as the city ...

Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...

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Trump called a judge’s ruling blocking political appointees from accessing the Treasury Department’s system a “disgrace.” ...

The Pentagon will change the name of the North Carolina military base Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Trump while honoring a different eponym. Defense ...

During the Syrian civil war the OPCW found that chemical weapons were likely used by the regime in 20 instances.