The Latest Breaking News from Christopher Columbus

Claim raises idea explorer was from community expelled by his Spanish patrons, but experts view it with caution

Scientists have ‘definitively’ proved identity of remains – with navigator’s precise origins to be revealed

This is the season of patriotism in Latin America as many countries commemorate their independence from colonial powers. From July to September, public plazas in countries from Mexico to Honduras and Chile fill with crowds dressed and painted in national colors, parades feature participants costumed as independence heroes, fireworks fill…

Zaid Mohammad Mahdawi, 26, was taken into custody on Friday

The Thule Inuit people and Norse both hunted walrus in the High Arctic in the 13th century, according to a new study.

Across the United States, the second Monday of October is increasingly becoming known as Indigenous Peoples Day. In the push to rename Columbus Day, Christopher Columbus himself has become a metaphor for the evils of early colonial empires, and rightly so.

If you think Latin American history starts with Christopher Columbus, John Leguizamo would like to have a word

The twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is debating whether it should remove statues, signs and monuments with colonial ties and how those spaces should be used instead

PM’s proposal to replace ships with steelpan wins applause from his party but some in capital voice opposing views

Officials in Trinidad and Tobago are redrawing the island’s coat of arms for the first time since its creation in 1962 to remove references to European colonization in a move that many are celebrating

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who claims indigenous descent, attacked the "ludicrous" idea of settler killings