Although the Royal Charter of the Colony of Virginia in 1609 granted the authority to mint coins, the power was never used ...

Between 1632 and 1760, over 700 Indigenous children were enslaved in New France, treated as property to be bought and sold.

The Druze, a religious sect with roots in Ismailism, have faced violence in Syria. Their practices are secretive, with no ...

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Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had been before or since.” Washington was pursuing a ...

This is the first in a weekly series to be featured every Saturday in The Recorder over the next on the founding of this ...

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in ...

Kevin West takes a ride on Belmond’s Eastern & Oriental Express, getting a feel for the culture along the way.

SPECIAL: Global Village celebrates Bastille Day with a show devoted to music from France. Along with traditional music and ...

French President Emmanuel Macron hailed the agreement as 'historic'. But it stops short of full independence sought by ...

Virginia-bred Winfinity showed her affinity for the track's dirt surface in the Miss Disco for her second stakes win at the ...

The historic property at 25671 Chapin Road, Los Altos Hills, is a Dutch Colonial home once owned by world-renowned physicist ...