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Pursuing John Pemberton’s retreating Confederates from Champion Hill, on May 17, 1863, Federal forces attacked Pemberton’s Confederates on the east bank…

Composer and pianist Vijay Iyer and filmmaker Prashant Bhargava transport Igor Stravinsky's imagined springtime religious ritual to India, where such a celebration is real: the joyous Hindu holiday called Holi. Watch excerpts of the film and hear the entire musical performance.

Philipp Meyer (American Rust) has crafted a multigenerational epic that captures the Lone Star State's contradictions and vast sweep. Critic Michael Schaub calls The Son "one of the most solid, unsparing pieces of American historical fiction to come out this century."

The aggressively modern ballet premiered in Paris in 1913, and provoked a response just as striking as the music and dance.

About 2,200 passengers were being flown back to Baltimore after their cruise ship caught fire on its way to the Bahamas. It was the latest black eye for the cruise industry, which is now trying to reassure passengers it's OK for them to sail. An industry group said it has adopted a passenger "bill of rights."

On Friday, May 22, 1863, Ulysses Grant ordered a massive assault against Confederate held Vicksburg. Attacking on a three mile front with all available…

By late May 1863 both presidents of the North and South were busily corresponding with their subordinates in the field. Jefferson Davis wired General…

By late May 1863 United States naval forces were actively engaged against their Confederate foes. On the Mississippi River, on May 21, a Federal flotilla…

Gov. Rick Perry has signed into law bill providing $2 billion for water-related projects . The bill provides the funding for the next 50 years of…

Popular during the housing boom, flipping houses is when investors buy a house, fix it up and then resell it within six months. With an improving economy, investors are at it again. In parts of California, it's happening at some of the fastest rates in a decade.