The White House ordered public flags to be displayed at half-staff for a period of 30 days from Carter's day of death, who died Dec. 29. Flags are flown at half-mast on ships and at naval stations. On ...

Bald eagles were nearly eliminated from much of their native range by the 1960s, but have rebounded. Now, they've been ...

Most Revolutionary War history buffs know the story of Francis Marion, the Continental Army officer called the Swamp Fox for ...