Tag: History

In this May 2003 photo, a diver measures a lombard cannon adjacent to a ballast pile, off the North coast of Haiti, at a site explorer Barry Clifford says could be the wreckage of Cristpher Colombus' flagship vessel the Santa Maria. Clifford said evidence that the wreck is the Santa Maria, which struck a reef and foundered on Christmas Day in 1492, includes ballast stones that appear to have come from Spain or Portugal and what looks like a 15th century cannon that was at the site during an initial inspection but has since disappeared. (AP Photo/Brandon Clifford)

Explorer: Shipwreck off Haiti may be Santa Maria

BEN FOXTRENTON DANIEL · May 13, 2014 11:21 pm

Washington County deputy county clerk Jennifer Sharpshair, far left, shows the competed marriage license to Diana Rister, second right, and Amy Grigg, third left, of Morrow, Ark., on Monday, May 12, 2014, while granddaughters Callie, 9, right, and Harley, 5, look on, in Fayetteville, Ark. Rister and Grigg, who said they've been together for 14 years, were the first in line after the county began issuing licenses to same-sex couples following a judge's ruling overturning the state's ban. (AP Photos/Kurt Voigt)

History shades Arkansas’ gay marriage debate

Associated Press · May 13, 2014 4:00 am

FILE- In this file photo dated July 20 1974, Turkish troops pull ashore a Greek Cypriot torpedo boat damaged during fighting in Kyrenia on the day Turkey invaded and occupied the northern third of Cyprus. Europe's top human rights court on Monday May 12, 2014, ordered Turkey to pay 90 million euros ($123 million) to Cyprus over the 1974 invasion of the island and its subsequent division, in one of the largest judgments in its history, saying that the passage of time did not erase responsibility in the case. The judgment comes as the Turkish and Greek Cypriot communities are engaged in renewed efforts to reunite the island.(AP Photo, FILE)

Court orders Turkey to pay Cyprus over invasion

Desmond Butler · May 12, 2014 5:20 pm

Sen. Wendy Davis, wears pink shoes as she filibusters in an effort to kill an abortion bill, June 2013, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Influential women in history: Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks … Wendy Davis?

Ashe Schow · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

D.C. lawmaker’s comment sparks #eleanorholmesnortonhistory on Twitter

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D.C. lawmaker’s comment sparks #eleanorholmesnortonhistory on Twitter

Charles Hoskinson · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

Michael Barone interviewed on Detroit for C-SPAN’s ‘Reel America’

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Michael Barone interviewed on Detroit for C-SPAN’s ‘Reel America’

Michael Barone · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Letter written aboard the Titanic to be auctioned

Letter written aboard the Titanic to be auctioned

Washington Examiner · April 26, 2014 10:32 am

Group marks C&O Canal event’s 60th anniversary

Group marks C&O Canal event’s 60th anniversary

Washington Examiner · April 26, 2014 9:16 am

Sister Marisa from the Daughters of Charity closes the altar Thursday, April 10, 2014 where the bloodstained undershirt worn by Pope John Paul II during the assassination attempt on May, 13, 1981 is kept, in Rome. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Crusades fought, eBay bids sought for relics

Frances D'emilio · April 24, 2014 9:30 am

Events set for Jamestown’s 407th anniversary

Events set for Jamestown’s 407th anniversary

Washington Examiner · April 24, 2014 7:11 am

Ministers applaud Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, front, at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Erdogan has issued a conciliatory message to Armenians on the eve of the anniversary of the massacre of Armenians almost a century ago, calling the events of World War I "our shared pain." In a statement released Wednesday in nine languages _ including Armenian _ Erdogan said he hoped Armenians who lost their lives are in peace and expressed condolences to their descendants.(AP Photo)

Turkey calls WWI Armenian killings ‘shared pain’

Suzan Fraser · April 23, 2014 6:25 pm

Spy plane outlasts Cold War, but not defense cuts

Donna Cassata · April 23, 2014 5:21 pm