Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...

The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury ...

Today, Thanksgiving celebrates personal and communal gratitude. Families and friends gather to share a meal, express their ...

Thanksgiving is one of those holidays that brings up fond memories of family, friends, and of course, food. But there’s so much more to this holiday than just the turkey and the trimmings. Beyond the ...

People trying to save money will “pinch pennies,” and the phrase “pennies from heaven” still describes an unexpected windfall ...

Darius Wallace’s portrayal of Douglass earned a long standing ovation in the Lehigh County courtroom where the famed ...

Museums keep historic artifacts, families keep family treasures, in the case of Christopher de Vinck, he still holds on to a ...

Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s chamber opera “Proving Up” is set on the Nebraska frontier, but it takes aim at the hollow ...

Ahead of the 2025 award ceremony tonight, these are the judge's choices from previous years that have best stood the test of ...

For nearly 70 years, a swatch taken by a US officer from Hitler's Berlin bunker in 1945 remained hidden. Its purchase by a ...

The Supreme Court has extended an order blocking full SNAP payments amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume ...

Netflix’s newest historical drama traces Garfield’s remarkable rise to power — and the man who snuffed it out. That man was Charles J. Guiteau. It’s a show about power and pride, and the deadly ...