In 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League, joining the Cleveland Indians 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson broke the sport's color barrier with the ...

The savage, uncivilized imagery and tactics used by the state and federal governments to promote the so-called Alligator ...

These lucky New Yorkers are going to have a blast. The city is doling out 100,000 free tickets for prime views of the Macy’s ...

On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as then administered by individual states, was ...

A royal with an enormous net worth is celebrating his 83rd birthday today. Prince Michael of Kent, who is a first cousin of ...

In every generation, the Declaration of Independence has stood for a more expansive promise of freedom and equality.

From 'Long Bright River' to 'Deli Boys' to 'Dope Thief,' Philadelphia now finds itself squarely at the center of the prestige ...

John Ericsson believed the sun's power could make nations wealthy without fossil fuels. The American Swedish Historical Museum houses his prototype.

1993 — Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics opened both games of a doubleheader with a homer to become the second player to accomplish the feat. Harry Hooper of the Boston Red Sox homered to ...

Ghanaian and United States registered company Goldstar Air, a private international airline with an issued Air Carrier ...

The poem that inspired the song, America the Beautiful, is 130 years old today, and it resonates more than ever.