In May 1939, a German cruise liner called the MS St. Louis departed from Hamburg, Germany, packed with Jewish passengers fleeing the horrors of the Nazi regime less than one year after Kristallnacht (November 1938) and six years after the inauguration...

Over these past few months, the United States undertook one of the most significant military operations of its history-the complete evacuation of its armed forces from Afghanistan, which it had occupied since 2001. The retreat, leaving at least 13 American...

On Sunday nights across America, Masterpiece Mysteries! televises Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s "Sherlock Holmes". Directed by Paul McGuigan, this internationally renowned fictional series is a hilarious and interesting alternative to the classic tale. The...

Wednesday night, President Obama outlined his plan for ending the Afghanistan war in a speech delivered from the East room of the White House. Obama announced that troops would begin returning home in July, as promised in a previous address. By the end...