The U.S. is 50 states strong today, but it began as 13 small colonies. Can you name them? Coffee linked to significant new side effect, says massive study Wegovy pill? No thanks – I wouldn’t take it ...

In 1763, Great Britain gained control of Florida from Spain and split it into two separate territories — East Florida and West Florida. Florida, and other British territories outside the 13 colonies ...

Americans tend to see the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War as milestones in world history that inaugurated the era of modern democracy. But the British, unsurprisingly, see these ...

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women ...

Nick Bunker is the author of “An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America.” Every profession has its vices. All too often, historians vainly imagine that they can understand the past more ...

The U.S. middle class is shrinking, but not because more Americans are poorer. Instead, more households are climbing into the echelons of the upper middle class due to income gains in recent decades, ...

People protesting the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran gather in front of a New York Public Library location on March 8, 2026. Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images Fouad Berry, a board member at the ...

The International Energy Agency slashed its forecast for oil supply growth a day after a historic emergency stock release, as the Middle East war chokes flows through one of the world’s most critical ...

Embroidered panel, about two-thirds complete, is part of a project celebrating America’s 250th Stich by meticulous stitch, an embroidered panel representing Pennsylvania’s history as one of the ...

2003 - Goes to Iraq to fight against the United States. 2005 - Caught by US forces and imprisoned. 2011 - He is released from detention. He crosses back into Syria and starts fighting against Syrian ...

Alyssa Ramos’ evacuation from Kuwait involved a 48-hour journey across four continents. The U.S. government did not help with any of it, the travel blogger said. Justice Department moves to drop case ...

KEARNS — The average time a 12-year-old girl takes to run a mile hovers right around 9 to 11 minutes. But not 12-year-old Angelina Alder. Last weekend, Angelina ran the distance in 4:47.93, setting ...