The shellfish was considered food for the poor before Emmanuel “Manno” Bernoon, an emancipated Black man, started serving ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every state's nickname.

Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have unveiled plans to build dorms that will relieve pressure on the ...

Farrell: OK, so they wagered on the decadelong price of five metals: copper, chrome, nickel, tin and tungsten. Ehrlich would ...

At the start of the 19th century, The Genius of Liberty carried dispatches on events an ocean away and concerns as close as a ...

The census is mandated by the US Constitution. “The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term ...

The Chronicle of the Morea is the history of 14th-century Greece, specifically the Peloponnese -- once called the Morea.

President Donald Trump is attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. His efforts are history repeating itself.

James Cleland is best remembered as a public servant and statistician. He was Superintendent of Public Works 1814-1834 ...

Born Feb. 14, 1812, Columbus has gone from a simple settlement to Ohio’s largest city in its 213 years. Franklinton, named for Benjamin Franklin, was the first ...