As the U.S. military ends its policy of excluding women from combat, take a look back at women who have served on the front lines throughout history.
Scientists are studying beaches dating to the mid-Pliocene era, some 3 million years ago, in order to predict how high sea levels might rise in the future.
A burglar who struck the Oakland Museum this week is the latest thief to target artifacts relating to California's historic Gold Rush.
Long-running tensions between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the Falkland Islands have flared again, near the 180th anniversary of a historic clash.
Seventy-five years ago, Walt Disney made history with the release of the first-ever full-length animated feature, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
On December 19, 1777, 11,000 Continental Army regulars marched into Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to set up winter quarters during the Revolutionary War.
Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, a heroic World War II veteran who represented his home state in Congress for more than 50 years, died on December 17 at the age of 88.
