WASHINGTON – The U.S. military has built up an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of ...

In the latest Texas history column, Ken Bridges looks back on the interesting life of Samuel B. Maxey, who made his own ...

By Gene Printz Throughout European history, England, France and Spain were warring rivals, and often struggled over ...

By Ken Bridges / Special to the Herald Democrat The Civil War era produced many interesting figures in Texas History. Among them was Samuel B. Maxey, a lawyer, Confederate general, and U. S. Senator.

The 5th Circuit last year overturned its previous ruling that allowed racial groups to band together to challenge voting maps, laying the groundwork for Texas’ mid-decade redistricting.

Come November, Texas voters will decide on 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution. Only lawmakers can place ...

He is not alone in neighborhoods across Texas with inflatable Halloween decorations and giant skeletons flanking lawns since ...

Hidden beneath Michigan’s forests, researchers have uncovered vast ancient farmlands built by ancestral Menominee communities ...

Former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan has appealed his extradition from Australia to the United States. He appeared in ...

West Virginia is hoping that coming off an idle week of its own puts it in a “Better Place” when the Mountaineers return to ...

A bomb has exploded on a Syrian Defense Ministry bus in the country's east, killing and wounding several soldiers, according to state TV. The explosion occurred Thursday on the road ...