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On this holiday, we look ahead to who might enter the 2016 presidential race. Is Democrat Hillary Clinton going to run, and what Republicans might decide to enter the race?

On Sunday, the Islamic State released a video that purported to show the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians who had been kidnapped. Libya joined Egypt in the strikes.

After the storm rakes its way across the South and Mid-Atlantic, it will likely take aim at New England, which has already experienced a record-setting winter.

On Thursday, February 16, 1865 William Tecumseh Sherman’s Federals arrived at the south bank of the Congaree River opposite Columbia, South Carolina.…

On the very same day--Friday, February 17, 1865—that Columbia, South Carolina was surrendered to Sherman’s attacking Federals, Charlestown was evacuated…

On Monday, February 20, 1865 the Confederate House of Representatives authorized the use of slaves as soldiers, after lengthy and heated debate. The…

The act, which turned 50 last year, ended the era of legal segregation in public accommodations, like restaurants and hotels. Author Todd Purdum talks about the battles that surrounded it.

The eurozone's top official effectively gave Greece an ultimatum to request an extension to the country's bailout program.

On Presidents Day, we consider some presidential firsts when it comes to new technologies. Play along: Who was the first president to have a telephone? How about the first to ride on a steamboat?

The city of Erbil is not far from the front lines of a war, but for Americans living in this part of northern Iraq, the conflict may feel a world away.