July 30, 2025 11:12 am
Paulette Jiles achieved widespread recognition with her 2016 novel News of the World that was adapted into a feature film starring Tom Hanks as Captain Kidd
June 18, 2025 5:45 pm
California was once a part of Mexico. More than 30% of its residents still trace their heritage to Mexico
November 28, 2023 6:14 pm
Nineteen of the 75 delegates at the Philadelphia convention which drafted the American Constitution in 1787 owned slaves. The Declaration of Independence said that all men were created equal, but the Constitution only recognised a slave as a fraction of a person.
May 16, 2016 6:47 pm
The excavations made at Page-Ladson in Florida pushes back considerably the date of the first migration made to America.
October 20, 2012 1:12 am
President Barack Obama has presided over a heyday for the gun industry despite predictions by the National Rifle Association
June 02, 2012 1:30 am
People: I really wanted to escape from that little girl...the picture didnt let me go, says Kim Phuc,now 49
September 06, 2011 12:48 am
It was a brief lesson from American history that served as a not-so-subtle suggestion for contemporary Europe.





