The USS Edsall, sunk by Japanese forces in World War II, has been found The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said. It was found in deep waters south of Australia's Christmas Island. James Doubek
The story of White House 'trophy terms' offers a cautionary tale The lessons of history about second-term presidents and second-term Republicans in particular are not just the stuff of textbooks. They can offer guidance and perhaps even temper expectations. Ron Elving
New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii victims The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, challenge the traditional gender and familial assumptions about the Pompeiians. Emma Bowman
How the 1874 Freedman's Bank collapse connects to economic disparities we see today In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank. Created for formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, its collapse cost depositors millions. Tonya Mosley
Vice presidents often run for president. Making it there has been a leap While the office of vice president is the second-highest position in the government, making it to the Oval Office has historically been a leap. Jeongyoon Han
How the John Birch Society's conspiracies led to political divides in the 1960s In today’s political climate, conspiracy theories are commonplace. But they’re nothing new. In the 1960s, the John Birch Society built a movement around them.
A lost short story by ‘Dracula’ author Bram Stoker resurfaces A short story by Dracula author Bram Stoker was discovered by a pharmacist in Dublin in a newspaper published in 1890. Gibbet Hill is a gruesome tale about three kids that accost a man on the road. Elena Burnett
100 years ago a female governor was elected. Is it time for a female president? On Nov. 4, 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected to become Wyoming's governor, the first time a woman held a governorship in the United States. Hosts
A story of a future SCOTUS justice who helped launch a voter challenge operation A future Supreme Court justice helped launch a program to challenge voters at the Arizona polls in the early 1960s, in a county that's become a hotbed for election conspiracies in the decades since.
Preserving history at graveyards During the Halloween season—a trip to a cemetery can be part of a spooky adventure. But in one Kansas City cemetery, volunteers work to clean markers and tombstones in order to preserve history. Julie Denesha