Today's KY Republicans have become, in everything but name, the very enemy my father fought in World War II over 80 years ago ...

There is nothing harder for political leaders than to say they did something wrong. But that is what leaders do every day.

Had you remained in charge, you might have kept order the old-fashioned way: chopping off hands, starving millions, enslaving the disobedient—as King Leopold II of Belgium did to 10 million Congolese.

On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...

The Biltmore Hotel in Miami has welcomed presidents throughout its 100-year history and was once home to the world's largest ...

Nearly four years after Vladimir Putin launched Europe’s deadliest war since World War II, Russia remains banned by the IOC ...

Every February, clowns pack into a London church to honor Joseph Grimaldi, a pioneering 19th-century clown. Hundreds of onlookers come for the merriment, too.

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In this unusually eventful — mostly not in good ways — year for higher education, it’s salutary to be reminded how much good ...

Punxsutawney Phil made his weather forecast for Groundhog Day 2026. But how often is Phil's weather prediction right? See how accurate he is.

Europe for under ₹1 lakh isn't a hack or compromise—it's strategic travel potentially boosted by government support.

A mother-son duo has a new book, publishing their late father and step-grandfather’s diaries from World War II. The book ...