TEHRAN, Iran — His revolutionary fervor diminished by the years that have also turned his dark brown hair white, one of the Iranian student leaders of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover says he now regrets the seizure of the diplomatic compound and the 444-day hostage crisis that followed. Speaking to...
Rediscovering America: A Quiz on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Fifty years ago, one of America’s key civil rights leaders — the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was assassinated outside the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. As we honor King’s legacy on the January 15 federal holiday, the quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University in Ohio,...
Israel, Palestinians on Agenda at UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS — Israeli and Palestinian leaders prepared Thursday to take center stage within an hour of each other at the U.N. General Assembly. Their speeches come a day after Donald Trump suggested for the first time as U.S. president that he "liked" a two-state solution as the most effective...