History in the News

Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress two years ago this Friday in a side-splitting social-media scandal, is running for mayor of New York? We don't know why, but we're now pretty sure it's not for the money.

A diplomat has been appointed to focus on coordinating with other governments to accept inmates from the US prison in Guantanamo, Cuba, the US State Department announced Monday, dpa reported.

In this Jan. 21, 2013 file photo, Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, touches the stones of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City.

Actually he can't outrun the hawks some from within his own administration prodding him toward the bitter bloodbath going on in a lawless country ruled by a ruthless tyrant.

CBS News has confirmed that someone has been breaking into the computer of investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.

A man found dead of an apparent drowning in a Fairfield marsh was a 59-year-old artist whose work was admired by former President Bill Clinton and actress Kathleen Turner.

Former secretary of state and possible 2014 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is giving a speech to business leaders in western Michigan.

This week, Bill goes to the Blue and Gray Bar and Grill in Gettysburg and he takes on the Pickets charge challenge.

The Obama administration appears to be moving toward arming rebels in Syria, though the White House has only publicly confirmed an increase in the "scope and scale" of its military support.

A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be... Former President Bill Clinton shakes New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's hand as he arrives on stage during the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting in Chicago.

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"My dad was a great man," said Ernest Hoopii, the sergeant major of Marine Corps Installations East.

On June 16, 1918, the socialist leader and former head of the American Railway Union Eugene Debs gave a speech in Canton, Ohio, criticizing the United States' actions in World War I and urging resistance to the draft.

Tuesday alone, he collected endorsements in his reelection campaign from North Jersey's dominant Democratic power broker, a Democratic state senator, and five Democratic mayors.

Former 12th Judicial District Court judge and district attorney Robert Doughty, portraying special prosecutor Owen Roberts, sifts through some paperwork as he prepares to cross-examine a defense witness Saturday night at the retrial of A.B. Fall.

Pointing out contrasts between Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Edward Markey and his opponent, Republican Gabriel Gomez, former President Bill Clinton called on Markey supporters Saturday to vote in the coming special election - and to avoid a repeat of the surprise election result that sent Republican Scott Brown to the Senate in 2010.

John Marszalek and James McPherson spoke about the Battle of Gettysburg, focusing on the second and third days of the fighting.The three-day battle fought in Pennsylvania from July 1-3, 1863, was the bloodiest of the war, ..

Photo: President Obama is under immense political pressure to erect a no-fly-zone in Syria.

Bill Maher bemoaned the increasingly likely intervention into Syria on Friday night, especially so recently after Obama's speech about the drawdown of the War on Terror.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush explained how he believes immigration policy should change to benefit the U.S. economy.