NPR's history podcast Throughline speaks with Ken Burns about his latest documentary, The American Revolution.

An unlikely love story blossoming in the thick of war provides the backdrop to a new documentary that raises questions about ...

The United States is preparing to commemorate her semiquincentennial on July 4. For those challenged by history, this date ...

One of the things I never wrapped my head around was how the Roman Republic managed to conquer the mighty city-states and ...

As America approaches its 250th birthday, filmmaker Ken Burns examines the bloody realities of the American Revolution and ...

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Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said the American Revolution has been “sanitized,” calling the war “dark and bloody.” “I think we have sanitized the war. And I — I think it’s out of an ...

Darren Aronofsky AI series "On This Day 1776" hit the web on January 29. The short trailer showed AI generated scenes of the ...

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United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday he hoped to avoid military action against Iran, which has threatened to strike American bases and aircraft carriers in response to any attack.

Dubbed the ‘nuke sniffer’, the USAF WC-135R Constant Phoenix jet is used to detect radioactive particles in the atmosphere, and was reportedly deployed to the Middle East days before Donald Trump ...