Yang Huafeng, a 92-year-old Chinese army veteran, remembers the troops on horseback and the handful of planes that marked the founding of communist China in 1949. It was a ...

One of America's oldest aircraft carriers gets its name from Admiral Chester Nimitz whose strategic thinking turned the tide during World War II.

In January, Kathryn Jones began a quest to visit every exhibit at the Smithsonian's museums in Washington, D.C., and read every plaque. Her journey has taken on new urgency.