Independence Day is about U.S. history. Specifically, when this land became the United States, which is a great story. Truth is usually stranger, and more interesting, than fiction, and in the 249 ...

A rare broadside of the "Declaration of Independence, July 1776, on view at Seth Kaller Inc., Historic Documents & Legacy ...

Until its discovery in May at the archives in Groton, American Baptist officials worried the anti-slavery document had been ...

A judge ordered the hip-hop producer detained until his sentencing, citing his history of domestic violence. He was found not ...

There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that Maryland parents who have religious objections can pull their children from public school ...

As the U.S. marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, it might take a moment -- or more -- to remember why.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Adam Greenfield was home nursing a cold when his girlfriend raced in to tell him Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles were pulling up in their trendy San Diego ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas ...

AP Food rations are halved in one of Africa's largest refugee camps after US aid cuts More than 300,000 refugees in the Kakuma camp in remote Kenya have had their food rations cut in half ...