Born in New York City in 1810, Bushrod Birch spent time on and off in Pittsfield before serving in the Civil War, and ...

Woolson would turn 108 on Feb. 11, 1955, and Frances Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kobus, Woolson's son-in-law and daughter, would turn 5 the following week.

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

In 1944, a group of eight Howard University students took a stand against the status quo in segregated Virginia. Now, a commemorative site honors their efforts to fight back against Jim Crow laws.

The 42-day ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, which took effect on 19 January, provides a vital opportunity to begin to address the devastation from the 15-month war, scientists there have told ...

For the federal government's largest group of employees — nurses caring for military veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs — the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Nurses have reached a tentative agreement to return to work at all eight Providence Oregon hospitals, Providence announced Tuesday night. Providence says the Oregon ...

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A nurse who spotted a transgender doctor alongside her in a women's changing room while working in hospital was 'not her normal self' afterwards but 'didn't have a problem' with the doctor before ...

While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...

White victimhood to G20: What’s behind Trump’s attacks on South Africa? Trump’s freeze on aid to South Africa caps years of growing tension over everything from Russia and China to Israel ...