Civil War's United States has been splintered into multiple warring factions, but a shared enemy has united most of them ...

Residents protesting Confederate statues on public land square off with neighbors refusing to surrender local landmarks.

I think every kid wonders when they’re memorizing states and capitals for the first time, why there are two Carolinas, two ...

Maps of the states that are expected to decide the presidential election are stunning. The urban areas in these states are ...

Several major and numerous minor earthquakes have occurred in the midwestern and eastern United States ... Below is a map showing the risk of damage by earthquakes for the continental United States.

Historians say that Sarah Emma Edmonds exaggerated many aspects of her wartime experiences. Still, she bravely served in the Union Army, becoming one of hundreds of women who fought in the conflict in ...

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The US Program leads with the principle of racial justice and equity as a fundamental human right providing the foundational, over-arching, and unifying theme for all our work. Our strategic ...

Brooklyn, Illinois, is the oldest, and one of the few surviving, majority-Black incorporated towns in the U.S. Archaeologists ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 58 °F (14.4 °C). Sunny with a high of 82 °F (27.8 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 11 mph (9.7 to 17.7 kph ...

Mostly cloudy with a high of 78 °F (25.6 °C). Winds E at 6 mph (9.7 kph). Night - Mostly cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds from NE to NNE at 7 to 8 mph (11.3 to 12.9 kph). The ...