A frozen human foot found on Mount Everest revives a century-old mystery
Remains found on Mount Everest may have belonged to the British climber Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine, who disappeared along with George Mallory in 1924.
By Andrew Jeong
More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.
The Washington Post has compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents.
By Julie Zauzmer Weil, Adrián Blanco and Leo Dominguez
Hurricane Andrew forever changed Florida. Milton could rival its damage.
The Category 5 storm tore through the Miami area in 1992, killing 65 and scarring the Sunshine State.
By Jiselle Lee
Tom Clancy’s legend began 40 years ago — with a nudge from The Post
“The Hunt for Red October,” written by a local insurance salesman, launched a publishing empire and a series of Hollywood movies.
By Dan Diamond
Jimmy Carter wore a sweater — and ignited years of Republican backlash
In a 1977 fireside chat, a cardigan-wearing Carter suggested turning down the thermostat, drawing Republican criticism and ridicule that endure today.
By Frederic J. Frommer
Lost for 200 years, this copy of the Constitution may sell for millions
Brunk Auctions in North Carolina is selling a copy of the U.S. Constitution that’s dated 1787 and was found in a filing cabinet.
By Kyle Melnick
Terror in the skies over Germany, and a lost father now found
Remains of a Maryland aviator, lost on a terrifying mission over Germany during WWII, have just been identified.
By Michael E. Ruane
Sword with pharaoh’s mark found in Egypt, still shimmering 3,000 years later
The bronze sword was unearthed by archaeologists at an ancient fort in the Nile Delta. It was emblazoned with the signature emblem of Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II.
By Leo Sands
Rare home movie fragment from JFK assassination goes up for auction
A Dallas truck driver’s newly discovered 1963 film shows the car bearing mortally wounded President John F. Kennedy speeding to Parkland Memorial Hospital.
By Michael E. Ruane
A nationwide 30-hour workweek? It almost happened.
During the Great Depression, the Senate passed — and President Franklin D. Roosevelt supported — a bill to establish a standard 30-hour workweek. Then it got derailed.
By Gillian Brockell
A history of celebrity presidential endorsements, from Babe Ruth to Taylor Swift
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are touting celebrity endorsements, a practice that goes back more than a century and includes Frank Sinatra and Jackie Robinson.
By Jesse Rifkin
Journalist withheld information about Emmett Till’s murder, documents show
William Bradford Huie’s newly released research notes show he suspected more than two men tortured and killed 14-year-old Emmett Till, but suggest that he left that out when it threatened his story.
By Gillian Brockell
Racism kept him from space when we met. 61 years later, he made it.
I interviewed Ed Dwight in 1963 when he was set to become the first Black astronaut — and again after his belated triumph.
By Jesse W. Lewis Jr.
100 years ago, the ‘Big Listen’ tuned in to messages from Mars
A century ago this week, radio stations went silent in an attempt to capture alien communication.
By Randy Dotinga
A John Lewis statue replaces a Confederate obelisk. Here’s what to know.
A statue of civil rights icon John Lewis replaced a Confederate memorial in Decatur, Georgia. The sculpture, created by Basil Watson, goes public Aug. 24.
By Ben Brasch
The Nazis took my mother’s boyfriend. His sketchbook preserved their love.
Artist Edgar Reich’s romance with the writer’s mother didn’t survive the Holocaust, but remarkably, his drawings and watercolors of their relationship did.
By Gordon F. Sander
A folk singer, a pig nominee and a tumultuous Chicago Dem. convention
Like this week’s gathering, the 1968 one took place in Chicago after the president exited the race, but its protests — featuring singer Phil Ochs and a pig — turned violent.
By Ronald G. Shafer
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was a family star until tragedy struck in 1944
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was the star of the famous family and destined for greatness until the Navy bomber he was flying blew up on a secret mission in 1944.
By Michael E. Ruane
In his last act as president, Nixon finally showed his human side
Richard Nixon’s farewell address 50 years ago Friday “was the first time that people really saw Richard Nixon, the man,” recalled a White House aide.
By Frederic J. Frommer
Walz seeks to join the ranks of iconic Democratic VPs from Minnesota
Before Tim Walz, Hubert H. Humphrey and Walter Mondale went from Minnesota to the vice president’s office — then saw their presidential ambitions fail.
By Frederic J. Frommer