A plane crash, an unusually named store, and a celebrated coin caught my attention this week. A common theme of these events was symbolism. This week, I reflect on symbols of peace, and symbols of war ...

A flag-flying campaign has morphed into a broader statement against a rise in immigration and sparked a debate on what the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy in as many weeks, this time over a banner that in recent years has come to symbolize sympathies with ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - It was not the typical wish of a beauty queen. Instead of asking for "world peace" as she was crowned Miss Besieged Sarajevo in 1993, 17-year-old Inela Nogic unfolded a ...