Retro Baltimore: From Europe’s battlefields to Baltimore’s front page
McCardell’s wartime Christmas letters, written from the frontlines of Europe, captured both the hardship of war and the hope ...
10 Civil War-era piers in Susquehanna River demolished by Amtrak, despite opposition over historical value
A contractor for Amtrak removed the final ruins of an 1866 rail bridge from the Susquehanna River last month, despite ...
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2024 in Review: From the Key Bridge to an unparalleled election, here are Maryland's biggest stories
After devastating floods in 2016 and 2018, and years of problem-solving, 2024 was the year of progress in Ellicott City as masonry experts deconstructed 184-year-old buildings brick by brick – and 11 ...
Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they went after civilian property, too
(THE CONVERSATION) During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River. Called ironclads, these boats were about 50 yards long, carried 75 tons of armor on their hulls and ...
Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s rebel-held capital and port city after Houthi attack targets Israel
Masirah said that some of the strikes targeted power stations in the capital, as well as the Ras Isa oil terminal on the Red ...
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Conflict in Syria
What began as protests against President Assad’s regime in 2011 quickly escalated into a full-scale war between the Syrian government—backed by Russia and Iran—and anti-government rebel ...
American pilgrim freed after 7 months in Syrian detention
Travis Timmerman appears to have been among thousands of people released from the country's notorious prisons after rebels ...
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russians told not to travel to West as Putin could use new missile in ‘coming days’
When Russia intervened in the Syrian Civil War in 2015, it helped tip the balance in Assad’s favour, so his fall from power dealt a serious setback to both Russia, which is fighting a major land ...
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Negotiations over the war in Ukraine could start in the winter, Poland’s leader Tusk says
WARSAW — Poland’s prime minister said Tuesday that negotiations over Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine could start in the winter, as his country prepares to take over the rotating ...
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2024 Maryland General Election Results
Maryland has been a reliably blue state, but that is being put to the test this year, particularly in the race for US Senate. That race and the proposed state constitution amendment on abortion ...
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What Syria’s Revived Civil War Means for the Region
The primary group behind the offensive is believed to be Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (known as HTS or Tahrir al-Sham), which emerged at the outset of the Syrian civil war. It is an offshoot of an Al ...
Map Shows Safest US States to Live During Nuclear War
The "safest" states' exposure ranges from 0.001 Gy to 0.5 Gy, compared with the states in the most danger (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota), where ...