The world-famous Girl with a Pearl Earring was most likely not commissioned by Vermeer’s male patron, but by the man’s wife, ...

A federal judge in New Hampshire issued a ruling Thursday prohibiting President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect anywhere in the U.S.

The White House is using a phrase in the 14th amendment – 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof – to end an intrinsic part of ...

A federal judge in New Hampshire will hear arguments Thursday on whether to certify a class-action lawsuit that would include ...

A map of London shows the sites of recorded 14th-century homicides. Blue shows killings involving males; red indicates a female victim or perpetrator. Symbols denote the weapons used.

In 1848 or thereabouts, a talented artist painted an almost life-size group portrait of the three children of one of the ...

Ibn Battuta, was born in Tangier, Morocco, on February 24, 1304. From a statement in his celebrated travel book the Rihla (“legal affairs are my ancestral profession”) he evidently came from an ...

There's so much more to Greece than Athens, Santorini, and Mykonos. Here are the best places to visit, from historic cities to beautiful beaches.

The 14th-century Shem Tov Bible is now being exhibited at the National Library of Israel, a year after a family bought it for a whopping multimillion-dollar sum.