History

The United States has had many devastating mass killings. But modern mass shootings have emerged as a category all their own.

Muhammad Ali’s home town and people from around the country mourn his death.

Researchers using satellite images and drones discovered a structure the size of an Olympic-size pool near the center of the ancient city in Jordan. But what exactly it was used for remains a mystery.

Scientists say tiny bones dating back 700,000 years on the Indonesian island of Flores shine new light on how these mysterious, 3-foot-tall creatures got that way.

Hawaii and Southeast Alaska have something in common when it comes to indigenous languages.

The ribbon cutting was held on Monday for the new, $139 million Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Library, Archives and Museum.