Revolutionary War spy James Lafayette now has his monument
The granite monument honors James Armistead Lafayette, who is believed to have been a double agent during the Revolutionary ...
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Rare Confederate flag captured in Pickett's Charge to be sold at Columbus auction
The flag is the only known privately-owned Confederate battle flag captured during Pickett’s Charge from Pickett’s Division ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch1d
City to search for bodies of Confederate soldiers under Manchester memorial
Records show city officials in 2023 spent $16,000 to upgrade a Confederate marker, located on Wise Street in Manchester, that ...
Union Leader2d
Wheeler’s history of Newport includes the story of a Black settlement.
The History of Newport, New Hampshire, from 1766 to 1878, with a Genealogical Register,” by Edmund Wheeler provides a brisk, ...
CBS News20d
Cargo ship captain arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over collision with U.S.-flagged tanker
British police on Tuesday arrested the captain of a cargo ship on suspicion of manslaughter as they searched for answers about why it hit a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military off ...
PBS21d
Ugandan special forces deploy to South Sudan to protect government as civil war fears grow
Civil war erupted in South Sudan in late 2013 when a rift between Kiir and Machar escalated into fighting along ethnic lines. Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, accused a group of soldiers loyal to Machar ...
The Financial Times21d
US and Ukraine hold talks on ending war with Russia
US and Ukrainian delegations held high-stakes talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that Kyiv hopes can repair its fraught relationship with Washington and restart American weapons delivery and ...
Newsweek21d
Syria's Civil War Takes Another Deadly, Dramatic Turn
Syria's 14-year civil war has undergone yet another rapid series of shifts, with violence sweeping the west coast homeland of deposed President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite Muslim sect and ...
Associated Press21d
Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war grow
Civil war erupted in South Sudan in late 2013 when a rift between Kiir and Machar escalated into fighting along ethnic lines. Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, accused a group of soldiers loyal to Machar, an ...
ABC News21d
Ukraine bombards Russia with largest drone barrage of war, Moscow says
Trump has framed Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main impediment to peace, falsely blaming Ukraine for starting the war, seeking to undermine Zelenskyy's legitimacy and publicly ...
BBC22d
Cargo ship captain arrested over collision in North Sea, owner tells BBC
The captain of the Solong cargo ship ... For context: Cobra is the UK Civil Contingencies Committee, that is convened to handle matters of national emergency or major disruption He adds that ...
The Daily Telegraph22d
The extraordinary civil war engulfing one of Britain’s greatest cathedrals
The extraordinary civil war engulfing one of Britain’s greatest cathedrals A rebellion has broken out among Winchester Cathedral’s congregation, but a new review is unlikely to allay fears of ...