"This boat was called the Teche, but that was just one of its identities," a Lafayette reader said. "I've looked it up, and I ...

Throughout the U.S., destinations offer parades, ceremonies, cemetery visits and patriotic events to celebrate Memorial Day.

As the U.S. waged its war in Vietnam, the CIA crossed into Laos, where it quietly trained some 35,000 Hmong soldiers to fight ...

Calls are growing for Mississippi to redistrict ahead of the November midterms. Congressman Bennie Thompson says, “In South ...

Waterloo's National Memorial Day Museum displays the presidential proclamation that settled the debate, yet many communities ...

You know what’s funny about living somewhere your whole life? You drive past the same roads, the same signs, the same exits ...

20 pivotal battles, including the introduction of ironclad warships, during the Civil War that permanently changed American ...

The race for Mississippi’s Senate seat is set for November and will feature a clash of a sitting incumbent battling a foe she once blocked from a lifetime judicial appointment. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, ...

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A Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana has amplified an already intense national redistricting battle by providing Republican officials in several ...

Mississippi's Democratic Party has denounced Republican plans to redraw the state's political maps. A Supreme Court decision allows Mississippi to redistrict without adhering to certain Voting Rights ...