History in the News

The federal gas tax, long used to help states pay for roads and bridges, hasn't been raised since Bill Clinton was president.

President Bill Clinton , Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk, clasp hands after signing documents whereby the U.S. and Russia agreed to stop aiming long range nuclear missiles at each other, and the Ukraine agreed to dismantle all of its 1,800 nuclear warheads.

One of the Articles of Impeachment drawn up against Richard Nixon was merely threatening to use the Internal Revenue Service to selectively audit political opponents.

Former president Bill Clinton is the keynote speaker at a conference on trade opportunities in Africa sponsored by U.S. Sen. Chris Coons.

As Republican Bob Smith explained his decision to run for his old U.S. Senate seat last week, a supporter standing next to him quipped, "Bill Clinton isn't the only Comeback Kid!" There's a big difference, of course, from bouncing back from a faltering campaign as Clinton did before the 1992 New Hampshire presidential primary and returning to the ... (more)

Former United States ambassadors to Canada say the Keystone XL pipeline debate will complicate Bruce Heyman's confirmation as the next top U.S. envoy to Canada and that the process could delay his posting for several months.

There are now almost 100 fast food outlets in Eastbourne at a time when locals are struggling to control their widening waistline.

Around the turn of the previous century, Spanish philosopher and novelist George Santayana wrote in his "Reason of Common Sense" that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

In this photo made on Thursday, March 6, 2014, Tammy Myers, who runs the American Civil War Wax Museum for FutureStake Inc., stands beside shelves of heads of characters from the museum in Gettysburg, Pa.

In this photo made on Thursday, March 6, 2014, Tammy Myers, who runs the American Civil War Wax Museum for FutureStake Inc., stands beside shelves of heads of characters from the museum in Gettysburg, Pa.

When John Land was elected mayor of Apopka at age 29, Harry S. Truman was president and a gallon of gas was 17 cents.

"With a 14% African-American population in the United States it is obvious that Obama's victory was an all-American victory, racially speaking, and as he gave his victory speech there were as many tears of joy running down the cheeks of whites as there were blacksa unheard of in American politics.

Occasionally, on the pages of the Amarillo Globe-News Opinion pages, I see the question: "Why would anyone want to be a Republican?" Although I vote Republican, I am not a Republican; I am a conservative.

It was an unparalleled modern genocide, an attempt to exterminate an entire people in 100 days.

Mar. 7, 2014 - The 15th Annual Academy Viewing Gala benefiting Children Uniting Nations was a huge success, thanks to celebrities and sponsors who came on board to support this charity.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is quietly positioning himself as a social liberal and fiscal centrist as he awaits Hillary Clinton's decision on whether to run for president.

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It belonged to a soldier who joined up to fight in World War I when he was just 17. He lost his arm and was given a so-called dress arm as well as this articulated one.

This year is one of remembrance in Europe, where significant anniversaries of war and the births and deaths of literary and musical giants will be commemorated.

A lot of people keep waiting for the Democratic Party to jump into the deep end.