A new historical marker in Mattituck honors Elymus Reeve, highlighting Black history and slavery's impact in Southold, as ...

Abraham Lincoln furiously scribbled in Springfield on June 27, 1858, firing off a gruff note to the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Press & Tribune, then in business for only 11 years.

Discover why the Declaration of Independence remains America's most vital document as we approach the nation's 250th ...

Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free.

Over 200 years after Frederick Douglass questioned “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” in an act of resistance to Independence Day, Black Americans are still grappling with how to celebrate ...

Arrest: On June 25, police arrested a 38-year-old Brooklyn man on charges of first-degree possession of a forged instrument ...

This editorial is an updated version of one often published in The Herald-Dispatch on Independence Day. As the 250th ...

Grohl plays drums on the track, which he'd rarely done in a Foo Fighters context for many years prior to 'But Here We Are.' ...

Watch the Eugene S. Robinson-led band's new video for ”A Killing On A Beach” ahead of their North American tour.

On this day in 1896, William Jennings Bryan of Lincoln, Nebraska, delivered his famous “Cross of Gold” speech at the ...

The longest day of the year, and the official start of summer, is upon us. Here's what to know.