After Washington’s victory at the Battle of Trenton on Dec. 26, 1776, they fired three cannon volleys — one for the ...

Jill Lepore’s history of the Constitution includes a colorful cast of characters and makes a case for it as a living document ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 9 September 2025/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Africa Re-Union, a landmark artistic initiative, is to be unveiled at the FNB Art Joburg, transforming the fair into a ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe said Friday that he is calling Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of a growing national ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

Aug. 28—Reenactors clad in Union blue and Confederate gray uniforms and armed with Civil War-era weapons and cannons will clash this weekend in the annual Battle for Decatur — a reenactment of a ...

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Soldiers look at a world map as they wait to board ...

For centuries, Africa has been misrepresented, not just in trade or colonial history, but also on classroom wall maps, which shrink its true size and global significance. From Rabat to Lagos, students ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa ...

LONDON/DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been refiled to clarify the number of AU member states in paragraph 3) The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments ...

ARLINGTON — Restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the recommendation of Congress will cost roughly $10 million total, a U.S. Army official said ...