Examines the build-up to the Civil War: slavery, the Missouri Compromise, abolitionism, and key events like the Dred Scott decision and the election of Lincoln led to secession.

Five engines and 80 firefighters were working to contain the Cub Fire, 7 miles east of Fort McDowell, according to the U.S.

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to replace the colonies' part-time militias with a full-time army – and ...

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Lisa D. Cook Lisa D. Cook discusses the U.S. economic outlook and monetary policy. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economic ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from S to SSE at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 73 °F (22.8 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 86 °F (30 °C) and a 57% chance of precipitation ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 79 °F (26.1 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 8 mph (6.4 to 12.9 kph). Night - Mostly cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds from S to SSE at 5 to 7 mph (8 to 11 ...

The Forts were first renamed to wipe away the names of Confederate leaders who fought to keep slavery legal during the Civil War.

“The United States has some of the most beautiful beaches and oceans in the world, and the coastlines are incredible,” President Trump says in enlarged type on the plan’s first page.

Decreasing precipitation and rising populations could bring a perfect storm of water shortages for the United States. Where is our water going? A thunderstorm sweeps across Nevada, a state in ...

In May, the Supreme Court issued a decision allowing racial discrimination in the drawing of voting maps, dismissing the ... In June, in Trump v. United States, justices ruled that former ...

The United States accounts for a quarter of the world’s coronavirus cases, and the death toll is more than 189,000. Open now: Gyms, personal-care businesses such as salons and barbershops ...

Two counties in North Carolina's Piedmont region redrew their border this year to match the one originally established in ...