THEY MAY not have the cachet of the Pulitzer or the Booker, but the Sidewise Awards for Alternate History deserve respect. The what-if genre of fiction is growing fast, with work of startling quality ...

On Nov. 18, 1883, Americans adopted four standardized time zones, replacing a confusing, dangerous hodgepodge of times.

In a new analysis of ancient writings, scholars have uncovered evidence that sailors from the hometown of Christopher ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Good Monday morning! Off to a chilly start as we start another work week with temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. A few areas of patchy dense fog possible across some ...

Since July 25, 1952, Puerto Rico became a Commonwealth of the United States, but that is not the most important date in ...

The Maine penny, also known as the Goddard coin for the owner of the land where it was found, is an 11th century Norse silver ...

Not to be outdone, Spain sponsored Columbus’ voyage due west and discovered the New World. Spain and Portugal came to dominate South and Central America with Britain and France fighting for control of ...

Forget everything you know about the United States of America. It is not united anymore, but divided into several independent ...

Dave Isay and the organization he founded, StoryCorps, has been working in Columbus with its newest project One Small Step. The goal? To get politically divided people to sit and talk with one another ...

Every so often, we’re jolted awake, reminded of the entitlement that hangs thick in the air of American history—the audacious belief that Christopher Columbus “discovered” America. Today, that same ...

On July 18, 2024, the City of Columbus discovered a cybersecurity incident involving a foreign threat actor attempting to disrupt its IT infrastructure, possibly to deploy ransomware and solicit a ...

Herpetozoa/X A brand new species has been discovered in China. Researchers initially noticed the creatures while studying amphibians at the Gaowangjie National Nature Reserve in China's Hunan ...