Here we profile 12 of the most famous railroad tycoons in the 1800s and early 1900s who helped shape the modern industry in ...

The remarkable success of the movie “Sinners” has sparked a renewed interest in how the two communities wrestled with life ...

The American Red Cross urges donors to make an appointment to give lifesaving blood or platelets in the new year to help keep ...

In the late 1800s, a small community of free Black people created a monarchy in Appalachia that lasted for decades.

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Courtesy Farrar, Straus and Giroux Picture a map of the United ... railroad tracks and telegraph cables to maintain its military presence. How did the U.S. decide which territories to make into ...

Incredible wildlife, massive oil and natural gas, natural beauty and native culture are what Alaska is known for.

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Thus far, there has been no condemnation of the strikes from the administration— President Trump called the rising tensions a shame, while House Speaker Mike Johnson said the United States ...

Neighborhoods in the eastern half of the United States have already begun hearing ... So far, most of the cicadas added to this year’s Cicada Safari map are in western North Carolina, southern ...

ANOTHER valuable survey of education in the United States has been published, relating to the year 1880; a survey made by the Bureau whose duty and purpose, it is laid down, shall be “to collect ...