History in the News

"When Rockwell opened as an educational institution in 1864 it was less than a generation after the greatest crash in Irish economic and social history, the great famine.

A surfer who was hurt when a Los Angeles-area police officer rammed and shot up his truck during the manhunt for cop-turned-killer Christopher Dorner will receive $1.8 million.

Jason Blackett and his little sister, Erin, posts their names while visiting the lending library book exchange Thursday, july 24, 2014 at St. Thomas Elementary School.

Dorothy Howell Rodham , Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton and Bill's mom Virginia Clinton Kelley.

An AIDS-free generation is within reach if early treatment is provided to people infected with HIV and help scaled up for women and children, former U.S. president Bill Clinton said on Wednesday.

Newt Gingrich has blasted the Bushes for being too nice and getting chummy with the Clintons, blaming the family's friendliness for Hillary Clinton's likely presidency.

Even before the gun violence this weekend that took the lives of at least 4 people in a reported 40 shooting incidents, Mayor Rahm Emanuel was in political hot water.

As we approach the 100th anniversary of the United States' involvement in World War I, the Tennessee State Library and Archives' newest online collection, the Puryear Family Photograph Albums, tells the story of two brothers from Gallatin who served in the Army Air Service during and after World War I. Comprised of three photograph albums and ... (more)

Mayor Kasim Reed announced the move Wednesday as the city commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Atlanta during the American Civil War, which is the subject of the giant oil painting.

Daniel Halper's Clinton, Inc. examines the rebuilding of the Clinton machine from the depths of the abyss that was the disgraced end to Bill Clinton's presidency.

Hillary Clinton is scooping up millions in speaking fees while positioning herself for a White House run.

Tragedy as college graduate, 26, dies after being BURIED ALIVE by 10 foot deep sand tunnel he was digging on the beach Is Hamas now using human shields in Gaza? UN finds TWO stashes of rockets hidden in empty school next to makeshift housing for 3,000 displaced Palestinians Simon Cowell trolled over $150,000 Israel gift: X Factor mogul sent images ... (more)

A group of protesters has interrupted former US president Bill Clinton's address at the international AIDS conference in Melbourne to call for a tax on financial transactions to help the world's poor.

THEY had former US president Bill Clinton listening. But these protesters at the International AIDS Conference were missing one thing - a banner people could read.

On Sunday I stumbled on War News , the local attempt to retell the World War I story through the eyes of a radio journalist broadcasting live from the front.

The Elk Memorial, dedicated to students who died in World War I, stands at the summit of the Mohawk Trail in the town of Florida.

Bill Clinton has a "buxom blond mistress" who visits so often when wife Hillary is away the former president's Secret Service agent's have called her the "Energizer", a new book claims.

On one hand, we've got the first trailer for Valiant Hearts, Ubisoft's fantastic game about World War I, with its own distinct visual style and powerful narration and music.

'My son saved his attacker's life': Father who brutally beat teen he caught raping his son, 11, reveals it was only his boy's pleas that saved the pedophile from death as he says his family refuse to hide Bill Clinton 'has a busty blond mistress nicknamed "Energizer" by his Secret Service detail who work to hide the woman from Hillary' Body of ... (more)

In October 1998 in a bid to gain the release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, an Israeli team led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to blackmail President Bill Clinton with tapes of Clinton and then-intern Monica Lewinsky.