For generations, historians have downplayed the American Revolution as a squabble between elites. But the revolution unleashed egalitarian forces its architects could neither control nor contain.

Murder, suicide, spontaneous combustion, sleepwalking, ventriloquism: These are some of the sensational events in the novels of Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810). As the United States' first ...

Few figures did more to build modern Canada than William Van Horne. The irrepressible railroad executive drove the laying of ...

From the lightbulb to the airplane, to medical breakthroughs and the internet age, the past 250 years have been defined by ...

In 1757, a full generation before the American Revolution, British soldiers in Albany, New York—the main military staging ...

Rodney Atkinson, who has died aged 78, was a banker, entrepreneur and political economist who narrowly lost the contest to ...

I've spent years testing cameras and photographing fireworks. These are the tips I rely on for photos that actually do the moment justice.

A powerful figure in the music industry, Clive Davis is credited with launching the careers of some of its biggest stars.

Here’s what you should know about consumer fireworks and how to safely celebrate this Fourth of July. Every year around Independence Day, 10,000 to 15,000 people go to the emergency room with ...

It’s a lot easier than it used to be putting together rosters for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game. That doesn’t mean quality can’t slip through the cracks.