Firing squads have a long history in the U.S., dating back to 1608, though they have been rarely used in modern times.

Frank Saucier had one hit in 14 at-bats in a brief Major League career, but it’s a plate appearance he didn’t get that ties ...

IPCC meeting in Hangzhou, China, marked the third time that governments have failed to agree on a timeline for the ...

Women's World Cup winner Yuki Nagasato, who made history with a brief spell playing for a men's team, said she had given ...

The political stars have aligned in the West for Sagebrush Rebellion 2.0. Will it succeed where past attempts have failed?

One night in October 1987, David Letterman hosted his show from a Times Square hotel room. As Bianca Bove writes for LateNighter, it ended up being one of his most compelling works.

USAID started in the 1960s as a way to offset the spread of communism. Since then, it has had various other soft-power ...

Trump’s order marks the first time in the country’s 248-year history that the government has established an official language.

In his address to a joint session of Congress, President Donald Trump touted his achievements and reiterated his goals on ...

America’s real power is the ideas that it exports, the culture it projects and the future it continues to invent. As long as America keeps leading in these areas, its influence isn’t going ...

The March 4 speech was long by historical standards -- about an hour and 40 minutes -- and it inspired more opposition party pushback than any in recent memory.