January is for books that refuse easy consolation. The holidays are over, the light is thin, and there's time -- sometimes ...

I have a photo of my father, sitting on a log on a beach somewhere in the South Pacific during World War II. Herman Kogan was ...

Discover a few interesting things you might not know about Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945—from royal princesses in conga lines to Stalin's demanding a second Nazi surrender.

Clark County families couldn’t escape the Office of Price Administration during World War II. By the winter of 1942, American factories had turned toward manufacturing ammunition, ships and tanks. Eve ...

People exchange U.S. dollars for Venezuelan bolivars at a street market in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP ...

Britain met America in 1942 not through speeches, but through muddy docks, ration books, and crowded pubs. This story follows ...

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 2: As part of its ongoing efforts to protect public funds and prevent the misuse of government subsidies, the Criminal Security Sector has seized a warehouse that was being used to ...

December 1944 brought an unusual warmth to the Midwest, a fleeting comfort before winter’s chill returned just in time for the holidays. Amid ration books and shortages, families improvised with ...

A focus on certain types of power foods helped the nation survive a blockade. A British shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a homemaker's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon during ...

Tesco has reportedly issued a new 'rule' down one aisle for shoppers to follow in the run-up to Christmas. With December 25 now only ten days away, the hectic last-minute rush to get everything sorted ...

December 13, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) – The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that it will be forced to implement drastic food ration cuts for millions of people in Sudan starting in January due to ...