The assassination of Chris Hani in April 1993 was a decisive moment in South Africa’s transition to democracy. Nelson Mandela ...

An exhibit opening Monday in Atlanta shows a historical marker from the site of a 1918 lynching that was repeatedly ...

Now a simmering civil war within Heritage — and the conservative movement itself — has spilled out into public view. One faction, led by Jewish conservatives and Christian Zionists like Senator Ted ...

This photo in the Library of Congress shows the “remains of the wooden steamboat Celt wrecked along Bowman’s Jetty,” in Charleston Harbor, according to the SC Marine Researcher Division. The Celt is ...

When the Confederacy captured the Ironclad uss Indianola during the American Civil War, the Union's Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter thought up a ruse to make sure it wouldn't be salvaged and used ...

A cadet at Virginia Military Institute is revealing medical mysteries from the 19th century using 21st century technology.

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. Ukrainian leaders blame independent advisers for ...

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages, how the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Thursday a redrawn Texas electoral map designed to add more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives, boosting President Donald Trump's quest for his party to ...