How UK might try to keep the Strait of Hormuz open

Donald Trump has urged the UK and other countries to send warships to the region to help secure shipping through the Strait ...
The Armenian Weekly

Strings of memory: Antranig Kzirian on the oud and Armenian identity

Antranig Kzirian, an accomplished oud performer, attorney, educator and lifelong community activist, delivered an illuminating lecture at the Crescenta Valley Armenian Community Center on Armenian ...
HF Chronicle

Beyond the Book launches middle school writing contest for Homewood, Flossmoor schools

The Beyond the Book Press is launching a middle school writing contest for grades sixth through eighth grade starting Monday, March 16, with work able to be submitted from Sept. 1-30. The contest is ...

Counterespionage thriller is first Chinese movie to get backing of intelligence agency

A new action movie by acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou has the distinction of being produced with the backing of the Ministry of State Security.

From slavery to the White House, the Ficklin family served presidents for nearly 8 decades

Presidents come and go from the White House every four year or eight years. But descendants of John Strother Ficklin, a ...