Black Friday started in 1869, when greedy Wall Street men tried to corner the gold market and crashed the U.S. economy. In ...

Thanksgiving week comes with plenty of holiday-adjusted business hours, including, of course on Wall Street — so here’s what you need to know.

Sex! Macfadyen’s Guiteau spends some time on a f—k farm before getting into politics, and “Death by Lightning” includes a ...

Texas was the very last state in the nation to join the federal government in recognizing Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday ...

Saying grace is the most emblematic tradition of Thanksgiving, a holiday set aside for gratitude. A core tenet of the holiday ...

Banks are generally closed on Thanksgiving (though you can always visit an ATM or use your banking app). But they will be open on Black Friday, according to GoBankingRates, though some branches could ...

When was the last time you heard a national leader recommend penitence? For much of American history, it was part and parcel ...

The museum's expansion will also include a new Presidential Room. There will also be an expansion of the museum’s Civil War collection, featuring relics recovered from the Gettysburg Battlefield.

Sikorsky has reached a settlement with plaintiffs who sued after the 2021 crash of a U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter off the ...

Columnist Joe Holley looks back at the genius of Austin-born legal scholar, poet and all-round Renaissance man Charles L. Black Jr.

Portrait of American President Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) (painted by George P. Healy, mid-late 1800s), (Photo by Katherine Young/Getty Images) In his 2007 book “Land of Lincoln: Adventures in ...

Abraham Lincoln referred to the then-28-year-old Johnson in letters as a "coloured boy." The short, handwritten note is a typical letter of reference for a man seeking a job. But the author is the ...