1999: Horror writer Stephen King is hit by a van in Lovell, Maine. He suffers numerous injuries including a collapsed right lung, multiple fractures of his right leg, scalp lacerations and a broken ...

French opposition to the roundups of its Jewish citizens during WWII offer reasons to hope Americans will oppose Trump.

While exploring a quiet village near Paris, we discovered a majestic but forgotten manor. What we uncovered was the emotional story of Jean-Paul, an American soldier who stayed in France after WWII to ...

The City of Light. The Capital of Love. A center of haute couture and haute cuisine. Paris has many faces. Now, Paris City ...

In 1775, the Continental Congress established the Army as the first U.S. military service. In 1777, the Stars and Stripes ...

July 1: Cherokee attack the southern frontier. July 4: Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. It’s worth noting that two other branches of the military will turn 250 this year as well. The ...

Remember Saturday’s D.C. parade for its stated intentions — a celebration of the 250th anniversary of a time when hardy ...

Soon after he was elected president in 1789, George Washington led a slowly snowballing crowd of followers from Mount Vernon ...

Much of Mackinac Island was designated as a national park in 1875, but it proved to be too expensive for the government to ...

Today I Learned: Members of military Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units have to wear mechanical watches because the tiny electro-magnetic signature produced by quartz watches is enough to ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. The French government’s decision to rejoin the integrated military command structure of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ...

a Jewish French army captain wrongly convicted of treason in 1894, to the rank of brigadier general, an act of reparation for one of the most notorious acts of antisemitism in the country's history.