Local officials in Tikrit, the home town of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, invite world companies to invest in more than 70 palaces of the former dictator to generate money for Salahuddin province which is short of funds.

Two years of DNA testing and CT scans tell us King Tut wasn't in very good shape. And with all of his health problems, it's not surprising the boy king died young.

A powerful pioneer in civil rights, Dorothy Height, was 98 when she passed away on April 20th.

Height was the leading female voice of the 1960's civil rights movement. She served as the longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women.

President Barack Obama is condemning the violence in Bahrain and urging the country's king in a phone call to show restraint after a series of bloody protests.

The hearing, led by Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), aimed to investigate what was described as "the extent of radicalization" among Muslims in America.

Martin Luther King III, the son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., attended the wreath laying and then spoke to those gathered.

Their political party lines maybe different but one thing United States presidents could share is their family line.

The rally was one of more than a dozen events that have been held across the state.

Police have a person in custody following a reported shooting at Purdue University in Indiana.

The opposition is demanding a true constitutional monarchy that gives citizens a greater role in a directly elected government.