As the country celebrates its 250th birthday, we are taking a closer look at Chicago's past. We went to the Chicago History ...

Public outcry after the collision led to the modernization of air traffic control.

Egypt’s King Mentuhotep II reunited his country’s upper and lower regions at the turn of the 20th century—B.C.E. Were the ...

Normally we associate things that are 250 years old with maturity, wisdom, and structural stability — trees, architectural ...

As America's 250th anniversary approaches, a number of TV docuseries and web series, both historical and satirical in nature, ...

We fact-checked the president’s colorful — and inaccurate — accounts of American history from the Battle of Gettysburg to the ...

The following is a summary of a story by Cara August on Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. As the Fourth of July approaches, ...

Leoneda Inge talks to Virginia Tech education professor Dr. Brittany Hunt about teaching Native American history. UNC Chapel ...

Celebrations marking America's 250th birthday contended with record-breaking heat and a severe thunderstorm on Friday.

Leaders in the arts, science and business, including Sundar Pichai, Jamie Lee Curtis, Katie Ledecky and Ken Burns shared ...

Due South continues marking the United States' 250th anniversary with the story of the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette, an overlooked figure from that war named John Chavis who was a ...

John Adams hopes that the U.S. will celebrate its birth with parades and fireworks — every July 2. 1782: Congress adopts the ...