David Farragut at Mobile Bay. Among those killed ... is one of the most misunderstood of the Civil War. Semmes claimed the teen stayed aboard the Alabama of his own volition, working for wages ...

Around 70 people were killed in an attack on the sole operational hospital in El Fasher, a besieged city in Sudan. The ...

A look at slavery through the eyes of a young woman named Harriet, who was sold at auction in 1861 to pay for her white owner's debt.

It was to care for orphans that the Sisters first arrived in Mobile, Alabama. Nearly 184 years later, it is time for the ...

The Fort Morgan Pier offers the perfect spot for fishing, sunset viewing, relaxing, and a boat launch. The newly opened ...

Syria's interim president is in the Turkish capital for talks expected to focus on Syria's economic recovery and the presence ...

Jubilation among big sections of the population of Syria followed the quick demise of the Basha al-Assad regime in early ...

A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial.

Historical and sociological perspectives reveal why certain societies or subgroups resist change, often rooted in cultural ...

On Feb. 5, 1919, screen legends Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists.

Last but certainly not least on our tour of Alabama’s finest flea markets is the Lee County Flea Market, a place where the ...