History

History museum suspending operations, studies new financial model

22 May 2012

Charlotte’s financially-troubled Museum of History is expected to announce today that it will suspend operations Friday and will be closed to the public through the summer while it works out a new business plan. Dating to 1976, the Shamrock Road museum includes the Hezekiah Alexander House, a rock dwelling built in 1774 that is the oldest surviving house in Mecklenburg County. Since the economic ...

Robert Kraig: A real history of the recall in Wisconsin

22 May 2012

There is a coordinated right-wing effort to rewrite Wisconsin history to undermine the legitimacy of the recall of Scott Walker. The stakes of this revisionist history could not be higher. The…

Spurs flirting with history on 18-game streak

22 May 2012

SAN ANTONIO (AP) Eighteen wins in a row, and eight more victories to go.