On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

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Metal detecting at Spanish-American War camps brought us some incredible surprises! These camps, active from 1898 to 1899 and later before World War I, yielded rare finds, including a large intact ...

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Donald Trump wants to negotiate an end to the Russo-Ukrainian war. But for a cease-fire not to boomerang back as an even bigger calamity, Moscow must come to terms with a hard truth — ending its ...

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A university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic ... is the Glenn Swogger Distinguished Fellow at the American ...

"Most people thought that war would have been over in one week," Trump said. "I think he’d be very well off to end that war." Meanwhile, Putin signaled openness to negotiations with the new US ...

The trial in Colombia involving treasure hunters determines Spain's sovereign immunity over the Carrera de Indias, amid the ...

The White House website dropped its Spanish language portion of the site ... which makes any child born on American soil a citizen regardless of their parents' citizenship. He signed an order ...

Sunday’s delayed start to the truce was a minor problem compared with the difficult choices and American leverage needed to get both parties to the second phase, which could end the war.