The dizzying pace of history these days is a hazard for authors. Books on politics, media or technology risk being overtaken ...

The statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee is dismantled in Richmond, Va., on September 8, 2021. On February 6, 1865, Lee was appointed ...

Today is Friday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2026 with 328 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury and ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, a crewcut-wearing Indiana Democrat from southern Indiana who was a leading foreign affairs voice during three decades in Congress and helped oversee ...

Nearly 240 years ago on Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected by all 69 presidential electors as the first ...

President George W. Bush visited Omaha on Feb. 4, 2005, to speak with people about Social Security and personal retirement ...

On Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was ...

Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush on Thursday weighed in on the hot-button issue of the week: whether Kentucky court clerk Kim Davis ought to be entitled — based on her religious beliefs — to ...

Jan. 20 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1265, Britain's House of Commons, which became a model for parliamentary bodies, met for the first time. In 1778, James Cook became the first European to ...

On this special report, Akshita Nandagopal breaks down the internal election process of the Bharatiya Janata Party following the elevation of Nitin Nabeen as the party president. Explaining the ...

Former Oklahoma linebacker George Cumby is among the class of 2026 that’s been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. Cumby was a two-time All-American, two-time Big Eight Defensive Player of ...