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On Thursday, March 2, 1865 General Robert E. Lee wrote a letter which was conveyed to Union General Ulysses Grant, proposing a meeting to try to arrive…

On Friday, March 3, 1865 the Thirty-eighth Congress of the United States held a marathon, final session which adjourned about 8 a.m. on March 4. A flurry…

On Saturday, March 4, 1865 Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for a second term as president of the United States. In his address, Lincoln noted, “With…

The IRS and the Department of Education already have the power to make the Free Application for Federal Student Aid easier without cutting questions. So why haven't they?

Racist emails and shocking statistics will be on display when the Justice Department (officially) releases a report about the Ferguson, Mo., police department.

Russia's president said Nemtsov's death was a shameful tragedy. Nemtsov was gunned down near the Kremlin on Friday. His supporters blame Russian authorities.

Just a rash? Not if you have eczema. People with eczema often have a hard time finding appropriate health care and are apt to miss work dealing with the chronic skin problem, a study finds.

What do you do when a plane crash-lands at your country's only international airport and you have no equipment to move it out of the way? Nepalese airport officials grapple with that question.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for freezing rain and sleet, which is in effect from midnight Wednesday to noon…

The touring company of another Broadway hit has landed at the Majestic Theater, and I was able to speak with its star. The show is the musical Once, and…