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Lawrence Otis Graham writes about the unique history of one U.S. senator in his book, The Senator and the Socialite. Graham's book is a true story about Sen. Blanche Bruce, who in 1875 became the first African-American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate, and his wife, Josephine Willson Bruce.

A huge mass of warm water in the Pacific Ocean is causing problems off the coast of Oregon and Washington. The so-called “blob” is being blamed for toxic…

Filmed by storm chasers, the video was shot near Elmer, Okla., on Saturday.

The Iraq Memory Foundation, created by Iraqi exiles after the ouster of Saddam Hussein three years ago, aims to preserve and analyze Iraqi Baath party records. It hopes that Iraqis can understand the mistakes of the past -- and never repeat them.

While there's no definitive word on who was responsible for the terror attacks in London, they resemble previous strikes by Al Qaeda: multiple, nearly simultaneous explosions, designed to maximize civilian deaths while damaging the economy.

More than 50 years ago, Bernard Schermerhorn and his friend stole some newspaper dispensers that belonged to The Ledger in Florida. He recently sent a note and a check to the paper.

The music Ari Picker makes with his band is masterful at eliciting sweeping emotional responses, and at ensuring that a single emotion never dominates any one piece.

Today, the diamond belongs to the British royal family. But the death of Queen Elizabeth last September revived calls for its return.

China's scale is so vast, its variety so great and its rising power so apparent, it acts as an enormous magnet fixing our attention. One result is a torrent of books — but how on earth to choose?

The transatlantic slave trade officially ended in 1808. But that didn't stop one Alabama businessman