September is the perfect time to learn something new. Why, you ask? Well, the start of a new academic year often motivates ...

Every now and then, the Gulf currents deliver something to our beaches that feels like it belongs in a museum rather than on the sand. This week, it was a rubber bale — an unusual find that looks like ...

As he signed an order recognizing the Defense Department as the “Department of War,” President Trump said that the country “could have won every war, but we really chose to be very politically correct ...

President Donald Trump is rebranding the Defense Department as the Department of War -- a name used when it had more limited responsibilities for US Army forces rather than the entire military. The ...

Thousands celebrate in Albany's Capitol Park on Aug. 14, 1945, after Japan announced its intent to surrender. The front page of the Times Union on Sept. 2, 1945, the day of Japan's formal surrender, ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — One hour after agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Harry Taiju Hayashi in February 1942, he was on a train to Fort Lincoln, an internment camp nicknamed “Snow ...

But the ceremonies also provide insight into how dictatorships operate. Truth is intolerable to autocracies, which thrive off coercion and misinformation. Indeed, the entire commemoration was ...

Congress has cut federal funding for public media — an $800,000 loss for WFAE. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism. A ...

CHARLOTTE — More than 20 World War II veterans were honored with a special flight from Charlotte to New Orleans to visit the National WWII Museum. The veterans, who were part of the Soaring Valor ...

AUSTIN, Texas — In a historic moment marking the end of World War II, Japanese officials signed the formal instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945. It marked the end of a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are expected to travel to China for the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan. On Wednesday, ...