An Interior Department official accused of pressuring government scientists to make their research fit her policy goals has resigned.Julie MacDonald, deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks, submitted her resignation letter to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, a department spokesman said Tuesday.MacDonald resigned a week...

A reputed Ku Klux Klansman was granted immunity to testify in the upcoming trial of his cousin, James Ford Seale, who is charged with kidnapping and conspiracy in the 1964 murders of two black teenagers.Charles Marcus Edwards admitted in 1964 that he and Seale abducted...

President Alvaro Uribe said Friday that Colombia's institutions are now free of infiltration and corruption by right-wing militias blamed for some of the nation's worst human rights abuses.In a nationally televised address, Uribe said his government has "overcome paramilitarism.""Today paramilitarism no longer exists because combat...

This essay discusses whether the Reign of Terror was necessary for the success of the French Revolution. It discusses the time period after the execution of Louis XVI, the influences of the philosophes such as Locke, and how it can be compared to the American Revolution.