Ali Vaez of the International Crisis Group joins The Excerpt to break down the complicated history between the United States ...

A federal judge has ordered the release of Carlos Antonio Flores-Miguel, an MS-13 member with a history of rape and robbery, ...

Decades before the U.S.- Israel war in Iran began, Iran was considered one of the United States' most important allies in the Middle East.

Caroline Harvey added the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award to her trophy case, following up on her Olympic MVP ...

The governments of both countries have repeatedly cast the other as evil, perpetuating a cycle that has culminated in the present war.

The Burmese meditation master Sayagyi U Ba Khin played a key role in shaping the meditation retreats that are popular today.

In 1926, Calvin Coolidge was the United States’ 30th president, U.S. Route 66 was established, actor Rudolph Valentino and ...

One of the most revered figures in American history can no longer be called heroic. But the movement he led can be.

The World Baseball Classic final matched the United States and Venezuela after both teams edged through a brutal bracket.

Washington, D.C. is famous for its Smithsonian museums, but beyond those well-known institutions the city hides several lesser-known museums worth exploring.

This episode compresses the history of the United States into 45 seconds using Google Earth, tracing the nation’s expansion from thirteen colonies on the Atlantic coast to a continental and global ...

A survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide, Howard fled Cambodia and came to the United States at the age of 11. The Lowell Democrat won a special election for the First Middlesex District on March 3, ...