During World War II in the Pacific, American flame tanks brought fire into caves and bunkers where conventional weapons ...

In August 1944, during the final stages of the Normandy campaign in World War II, a single American battalion was ordered to ...

From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, generations of Communist Party bosses and military leaders invested in a strategic but ...

It took 70 years to tell the story of the fatal air crash days before Christmas 1943 until a Palm Beach Post reporter found out.

Matthew Perry's death. Tropical Storm Hilary. A mass shooting at a Lunar New Year festival: These were some of California's ...

We asked Times Union staffers, librarians, business owners, cominc book writers and readers like you to recommend their ...

As the war grinds on, sophisticated Russian defenses have pushed Ukraine to develop a frightening new weapon: semiautonomous ...

Though Europe has a long military history in Asia, it is quite rare for an Asian nation to send ships or aircraft to Europe, ...

Now, during this scheduled time of rumination, I want to share my immense gratitude for The A.V. Club staff and readers, who ...

My wife and I had a three-month vacation planned somewhere in the warm sun. Unfortunately, she had a serious fall on ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has ben merging his personal brand with national institutions and government programs, an unusual ...

Just after 2 a.m. on July 30, 1916, a freight car loaded with TNT exploded at a munitions depot on Black Tom Island in New ...