He joined the firm Willis & Knight, but politics was in his blood. In 1983, he was elected Tennessee Democratic Party chair ...

The Kerner Commission Report (1968) Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a commission chaired by Governor Otto Kerner of Illinois explored the reasons behind the Detroit riots of 1967.

Seven soldiers who served in the wars in Vietnam and Korea received the Medal of Honor -- the nation’s highest military award ...

Then-Army Pfc. Kenneth David, left, and Army Capt. Hugh Nelson Jr., right, are the latest soldiers who served during the ...

Ever since reopening for international tourism in the late 1990s, Vietnam was often seen as an emerging travel destination; a place where intrepid travelers could venture for a particular brand of ...

The Medal of Honor for Master Sgt. Roy P. Benavidez, displayed at Reagan Library, heads home to be near his family.

WASHINGTON — One soldier from North Carolina, shielding a wounded comrade he'd pulled from a downed helicopter in Vietnam, suffered 20 bullet wounds and died saving him. Another U.S. soldier ...

The world's oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Tomiko Itooka.

Not so many people realize that even the “kinder, gentler” U.S. Air Force had its own band of rough and ready ground-pounders ...

What do you think the new year has in store for us? By Michael Gonchar Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students ...

A British woman and a South African man in their thirties were found dead last week in a villa in Hoi An, a popular tourist destination on Vietnam’s central coast, according to authorities.

Film director and screenwriter Jeff Baena, who was married to actress Aubrey Plaza, has died, authorities confirmed. He was ...