The battles, which emerged from a gathering revolutionary crisis, predicted the outcome of the war: the victory of the ...

In new book 'A Promised Land,' history professor Adam Jortner looks at the role of Jews - then just 0.1% of the population - ...

Utah is joining in the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride warning of British movement at the start of the ...

The irony of the moment does not escape Revolutionary War reenactor Justin Murray, a 33-year-old eighth grade civics teacher ...

Thank you for alerting the public about the likely outbreak of measles. I cannot urge the citizens of Iowa strongly enough to ...

Boston was the scene of many “firsts” for the United States. From the first newspaper in the Thirteen Colonies to discovering ...

How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...

The students wanted to follow in the footsteps of Des Moines' Sleepy Hollow and the Amana Colonies' renaissance faire by cornering ... a concert from 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, April 13 at the ...

Seceding wasn’t unprecedented at that point. In 1776, the 13 colonies said they had the right to secede from Great Britain, which said that was illegal, Spitzer said. That secession became legal ...

One of the top three US leaders of the violent MS-13 gang was arrested by law enforcement agencies in Virginia on Thursday, seen as a big win for the Trump administration. Mara Salvatrucha 13, or ...

MS-13 leader arrested in Virginia in a major law enforcement operation, marking a significant step in dismantling the notorious gang. The 24-year-old, considered one of the top three MS-13 leaders in ...