WASHINGTON — My ancient history professor, Martin Ostwald, taught me all about Athens in the golden age, the fifth century B.C. -- and more. Somehow he circled back to me early in the year 2024 A.D. His seminar of four students met once a week, Thursday afternoons, for time travel that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russia makes battlefield advances and Ukrainian soldiers run short on ammunition, U.S. adults have become fractured along party lines in their support for sending military aid to Kyiv, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs ...

WASHINGTON — Why should funding go to any foreign nation to help them secure their borders until an obstinate President Joe Biden secures America’s border from an invasion via the use of our military or any other effective means? We spend trillions of dollars to ostensibly protect ...

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Thursday, Feb. 29, the 60th day of 2024. There are 306 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award when she took best supporting actress ...

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2024. There are 307 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 28, 2013, Benedict XVI became the first pope in 600 years to resign, ending an eight-year pontificate. (Benedict was ...

WASHINGTON — Speaking to an audience of devoted fans at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville last Friday, Donald Trump said if re-elected president he will “... create a new federal task force on fighting anti-Christian bias. ... Its mission will be to investigate all ...