ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The hand-drawn map showing the Mason-Dixon Line that eventually divided free from slave states in the U.S. sold Thursday for $950,000. Forty-five bidders battled just under three minutes for ownership of what is perhaps the most consequential map in American…
Mission San Francisco de la Espada (Mission Saint Francis of the Sword) is special. Of the four Spanish missions (not including the Alamo) in San Antonio, it is the southernmost, among the smallest, and to my eye, the most beautiful…
BERLIN – The retreat known as the Eagle's Nest built for Adolf Hitler in the Bavarian Alps was almost completely destroyed in a fire, and work to extinguish the blaze was still in progress Saturday, authorities said. A suspect was detained.
Live in San Antonio for long enough and you'll eventually hear the tale of the ghost tracks — a supposedly haunted portion of railroad tracks on the Southside where for decades, locals have parked in... Live in San Antonio for long…
BEIJING – Rescuers combed through a remote area in the Chinese region of Tibet on Friday after a magnitude 7 earthquake that killed at least 16 people, injuring 54 and collapsing hundreds of homes, according to Chinese state media. The disaster struck Nagqu, a…
SAN ANTONIO – Students at CAST Tech High School are using Día de los Muertos traditions to recognize the people and communities who lived on their campus site long before the school was built. Members of the school’s International Club are…
Bells have long held significance in our world. From the urgent ring of a fire alarm to the beautiful sounds of a handbell and even the call of the good old lunch bell, their sounds are distinctive and often emotional.
TOLEDO, Ohio – Ken Schreiber was 9 when Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon in 1969 — a moment he would never forget. Like Armstrong, he too became a military fighter pilot. So when Schreiber read a story in August that…
CONCORD, N.H. – Kyle Cotner knew nothing about fall foliage when he trolled his White House colleagues in 2007, telling them he was an expert despite having grown up in Florida. When autumn rolled around, he kept up the bit, sending out weekly…
HANOI – Thousands carrying white flowers lined the roads in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday as the remains of 731 people believed to have been killed during the 1968 Tet Offensive were taken for burial nearly six decades after their deaths. Vietnamese…
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