Four soldiers were killed in action in Germany, and on Tuesday the Nebraska Patriot Guard Riders escorted them to the Omaha ...

A long-lost Purple Heart medal earned by a KC native is now in safe hands. Olivia Acree shares the story of how it was ...

As The New Yorker turns a hundred, we asked Zadie Smith, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Ottessa Moshfegh to compose new stories that were ...

In 1945, 19-year-old Princess Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women's branch of the British Army.

NATO leaders worked for months to diffuse any potential vectors of conflict between allies ahead of this week’s summit in the ...

Five booksellers have shared their favourite reads of all time - and there's something for everyone, from a beloved classic ...

The Grand Finale will close out the beloved franchise, there are some notable recurring characters who won't be returning.

President Trump, speaking at the Army base at Fort Bragg, N.C., highlighted his decision to restore its name soon after taking office. He then announced that he planned to reverse the renaming of all ...

At 6:30 A.M. in New Orleans, a wreath laying ceremony took place at the National World War II Museum signifying the start of D-Day 81 years ago — a pivotal moment during World War II that ...

Maggie Stiefvater has brought her magical prose with her to her first adult novel. “The Listeners” takes place at a luxury hotel in West Virginia as World War II begins.

In 1945, the Santa Ana Register published this special edition to remember those from Orange County who died in World War II. Next, she found the 14-page Gold Star Edition, a special section of ...

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, died on April 18 in ...