Thomas Paine, who turns 289 this year, is the most modern of the Founding Fathers — and he has Jersey connections.

A state representative in Georgia filed an oddball resolution pushing to rename a mountain outside of Atlanta after President ...

Most Americans might not think of New York State first in context of the American Revolution and independence – Boston, ...

This exhibit, located inside the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis, examines the Gateway Arch’s role as a symbol of the ...

A traveler from an antique land sees half-buried in the desert sand the massive stone legs of a statue and the shattered ...

Letters: Readers respond to the US president’s widely condemned comment that Nato allied troops stayed off the frontline in Afghanistan ...

The 22nd Clarks Summit Festival of Ice will be held Friday through Sunday, stepping off with a parade Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Learn why Academy Awards are called Oscars—including all the theories behind the golden statuette's iconic nickname ...

Dozens of national parks remain closed as the impacts of Winter Storm Fern are felt across a 2,000-mile corridor from Texas ...

As temperatures plunge and ice coats parts of the Southeastern United States, the National Park Service has closed visitor ...

The U.S. workweek opened with yet more snow dumping on the Northeast under the tail end of a colossal winter storm that ...

Former Supreme Court Justice Joseph McKenna was sworn in on this day in 1898. McKenna’s Oyez biography notes that, although he studied law before beginning a political career, he was […] The post ...