Though scarcely left out in the monthslong inquiry of President Donald Trump’s conduct in Ukraine, the word bribery is notably absent from the articles of impeachment leveled against him.
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An Indonesian cave painting that depicts a prehistoric hunting scene could be the world’s oldest figurative artwork dating back nearly 44,000 years, a discovery that points to an advanced artistic culture, according to new research.
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A controversial painting of Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata has pitted his family and supporters against the work’s artist and the LGBT community in a contentious dispute that erupted in heated protests Tuesday.
Read moreImpeachment of a president is rare indeed but on Wednesday the marvel of the moment runs headlong into a more familiar routine for lawmakers who will gather to debate and finally complete the articles of impeachment for President Donald Trump in a traditional legislative hearing known as a markup.
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Britain’s polarized electorate has a critical choice to make this week — but it seems unlikely the result, whatever it may be, will heal deep and toxic divisions that could last a generation or more.
Read moreMore than 2,000 people attended a ceremony Saturday to remember those killed when Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor 78 years ago and launched the U.S. into World War II.
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On Dec. 7, 1941, 21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona after a Japanese plane dropped a bomb that ignited an enormous explosion in the battleship’s ammunition storage compartment.
Read moreAfter finding nearly 100 examples of racial inequality in Virginia’s state code, a panel commissioned by the governor recommended Thursday that dozens of laws be repealed even though most cannot be enforced.
Read moreWhen it comes to high crimes and misdemeanors, a small band of senior lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee have one message that crosses party lines: This ain’t our first rodeo.
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Ancient Romans relied on long-distance timber trade for the construction of their architecturally stunning empire, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE.
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An Indiana judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a relative of famed 1930s gangster John Dillinger seeking to dig up his body to confirm it is actually him.
Read moreUnequivocal in their testimony, three constitutional law scholars summoned before the House Judiciary Committee told lawmakers Wednesday that President Donald Trump committed offenses that should lead to his impeachment.
Read moreA new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was dedicated in Alabama’s capital city on Sunday, the 64th anniversary of her historic refusal to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man.
Read moreAfter more than 30 hours of witness testimony, House lawmakers must hammer out the charges they believe President Donald Trump should face before they can send Articles of Impeachment to the Senate.
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William Doyle Ruckelshaus, who famously quit his job in the U.S. Justice Department rather than carry out President Richard Nixon’s order to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal, has died. He was 87.
Read moreGoar Vartanyan, one half of a legendary Soviet spy couple who helped prevent a Nazi assassination of allied leaders in Tehran in 1943, has died at age 93.
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A Lebanese-born Swiss real estate mogul said Monday that he had purchased Adolf Hitler’s top hat and other Nazi memorabilia from a German auction in order to keep them out of the hands of neo-Nazis, and has agreed to donate them to a Jewish group.
Read moreAfter hearing Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s stunning reversal, explicitly implicating President Trump in a quid pro quo, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez’s thoughts turned to another devastating impeachment witness of yesteryear.
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