In the 19th century, Napoleon fused conquest with heritage. Expeditions to Egypt and Rome, and the building of Parisian monuments – the Arc de Triomphe and the Vendôme Column, both modeled on Roman ...

A new exhibit at the New Haven Museum offers a fresh perspective on the Amistad revolt of 1839, which officials say led to ...

The team’s story begins in 1953. Robert Morrison, president of the Cannon Street YMCA, petitioned Little League Baseball to create a league for Black teams, and Little League Baseball granted the ...

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A new show featuring decommissioned statues dispels myths of American history at a moment when President Trump is insisting ...

Doron Sheffer was back at UConn, bringing a message of hope from Israel. He is promoting healing through his Grief to Growth ...

The CEO of the nonprofit managing the Alamo has resigned after a powerful Republican state official criticized her and ...

The federal government remains shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the shutdown is affecting services across the country.

PEORIA, Ill. — An Illinois jury convicted a former sheriff's deputy of second-degree murder Wednesday in the shooting death ...

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is drawing blowback and praise for arguing that a Canadian government ...

Lee, whom President Barack Obama recognized for her work during the civil rights movement, wrote "At the Foot of the Edmund ...