The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

Said was born Mohammed Ali ben Said around 1836 in Kuka (now called Kukawa) to a Kanuri father and a Mandara-Margi mother. He ...

It would be the U.S. Navy’s biggest defeat until World War II and threatened to change the balance of power in American ...

It would become his calling card, not backing down. Once Grant was brought East, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee faced the ...

These forgotten classic cars were found treasure hunting Civil War camp deep in the woods exploring for Civil War relics at the camp used by both Union and Confederate troops at different times! To ...

President Harry S. Truman’s “loyalty checks” began with an executive order declaring that “there shall be a loyalty ...

In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts, took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...

The Manipur chief minister has finally stepped down. Could he have handled the ethnic strife and bloodshed in the state since ...

A third federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of ...

Sudan's foreign ministry has unveiled a post-war roadmap toward establishing democratic elections in a country ravaged by ...

The plan includes a transitional government, a civilian prime minister and a national dialogue with civil society.