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On May 2, 2008, Tropical Cyclone Nargis, with winds up to 120 mph, slammed into densely populated southern Myanmar.

The controversy of Stone Mountain's confederate carving, in the city of the same name, is explored in a new documentary produced by the Atlanta History Center.

Epics // Getty Images Seventy-three Confederate monuments were removed or renamed in 2021, leaving 723 such monuments standing in the United States--and even that stark number pales against the greater number of Confederate memorials that continue to ...

“Once that picture with the blackface and the Klansman came out, there is no way you can continue to be the governor of the commonwealth of Virginia.” So decreed Terry McAuliffe, insisting on the death penalty with no reprieve for his friend and successor Gov. Ralph Northam. Et tu, Brute? Yet Northam had all but […]

America-haters know that if the history and culture of Virginia can be rewritten, the rest of the country will be easier to take down.

America-haters know that if the history and culture of Virginia can be rewritten, the rest of the country will be easier to take down.

Carroll S. Jackson, a retired First National Bank official and a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, died June 13 of complications from COVID-19 at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The longtime Poplar Hill resident was 97.

A Virginia school board is considering reverting the names of two of its schools to the Confederate generals those schools once honored.

Stonewall Jackson, the honky-tonk singer who overcame an abusive, hardscrabble childhood and went on to enjoy a long, successful career in country mus

Stonewall Jackson, the honky-tonk singer who overcame an abusive, hardscrabble childhood and went on to enjoy a long, successful career in country music, including more than 60 years as a member of the cast of the Grand Ole Opry, died on Saturday. He was 89.