On June 20, 1981, Theresa Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force’s first Black female pilot, Claiborne would become the first Black woman to command and ...
The 1898 Wilmington massacre left dozens of Black North Carolinians dead. Conspirators also forced the city's multiracial ...
Launching from the deck of the USS Eisenhower, these women showed that being a good aviator has nothing to do with gender Mike Hankins Three of the first American women to fly combat ...
It's not clear how the juvenile male ended up so far north, but experts suggest he was motivated by his appetite ...
In collaboration with USA TODAY, “America’s Veterans: Honor, Service, and Sacrifice” is a tribute to veterans—covering ...
For historians of slavery, the origins of the modern world and the origins of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade are one and the ...
The white stuff that engulfs these flies is a fungus called Entomophthora muscae — Entomophthora translates to “ destroyer of ...
The Smithsonian Design Triennial presents 25 commissions that explore the physical and conceptual ideas of shelter and refuge ...
It's not the first time savvy entrepreneurs have marketed canned air to tourists. Similar products have been sold at vacation ...
When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North Carolina, the creek across the Watauga River was already overflowing from 11 ...
The robbers only made away with two of the screen prints, which they swiped from a gallery in the Netherlands. They abandoned ...
Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a ...