A white woman and a woman she enslaved joined forces to spy on the Confederate White House. A Virginia Opera production, ...

Rachel Pizzolato explores why headstones are so close together in history.

While exploring the woods beside an old road, we stumbled onto a large plantation-era slave cemetery that stretches far beyond what we first expected. As we walked deeper, local history revealed ...

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(RNS) — As government-aligned troops return to Sudan’s capital, its Anglican cathedral begins its recovery from years of civil war.

The historic Nottinghamshire market town boasts medieval heritage and riverside charm, but locals fear for its future as a ...

One act of brutality sparked a national reckoning and helped bend the arc of American history toward justice. As part of ...

A Christian persecution watchdog has objected to the United Arab Emirates’ inclusion in President Donald Trump’s Board of ...

EXCLUSIVE: In the heart of England lies a market town where medieval charm meets modern challenges as concerns grow over its ...

There are 92 million people in Iran, but the protests took place all over the country (400 cities and towns). The deaths were so numerous that almost everybody will know somebody who knows somebody ...

Frank Fossett shot and killed a man during a fight at the Palais Royal Saloon in Fort Worth, shown here in a photo from ...