Abraham Lincoln took direct control of the Army and Navy at Norfolk in 1862. He even led a recon mission on the James River to capture the city. (History) As the United States marks Presidents Day ...

The historic site, on an island in South Carolina, could be inundated by rising seas in decades to come. A display on the threat has been removed. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from Washington Fort ...

The flag was flown from a 120‑foot pole near a busy road in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

Circuit Judge Mark Hayes has ruled in favor of Spartanburg County in a years-long dispute over the prominent display of a Confederate flag near I-85.

When war erupted in Europe in 1939, Britain urgently needed modern fighters and turned to the United States for help. Unsatisfied with existing options, British officials placed their hopes in a bold ...

Just over 160 years ago on Feb. 17, 1865, Union troops ransacked and destroyed much of Columbia, South Carolina.

The sprawling city Murfreesboro was once a tiny town of about 3,000 people during one of the most consequential battles of ...

Just weeks after the Islamic Republic was rocked by protests that were then violently crushed, Iranians are steeling themselves against the prospect of U.S. military intervention. The unrest at the ...

(This story was updated to add a new photo gallery and new information.) Schools are closed and plows clear the streets, as the South Shore digs out of the first big storm of the year, which blanketed ...

Texas A&M basketball (15–4, 5–1 SEC) is getting an earlier start than expected and will now host the South Carolina Gamecocks (11–8, 2–4 SEC) at 12 p.m. CT instead of 2:30 p.m. on January 24 in an ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday in 1983 and was first observed in 1986. South Carolina was the last state to recognize MLK Day as a paid holiday for state employees. Dr. King had ...