The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain ...

With a series of “yes” replies to a judge, a man accused of killing four Idaho college students pleaded guilty in exchange ...

These enduring foundations of the United States of America have ties to the institution of slavery A country’s racist past ...

The USNS Harvey Milk will be stripped of its moniker, which honored a slain gay rights activist who served during the Korean ...

Trump allies insisted he respects judicial orders that his predecessors have often ignored them. From Jefferson to Nixon, ...

On June 23, 2018, 12 members of a teenage soccer team and their coach became lost and trapped inside a flooded cave in ...

President Trump has ordered monuments removed or changed for "ideological" reasons to be restored. How will this affect Florida's Confederate statues?

WASHINGTON — By all accounts former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, was thrilled when he, as a former naval officer and submariner, found out in the late 1990s that the U.S ...

Various justifications have been advanced by those removing or destroying Confederate monuments to explain why they deem it necessary to dismantle the Confederate heritage. For example, the memorial ...

Williamson County may remove an image of the Confederate flag from its official county seal, a Davidson County Chancellor ruled Tuesday. The decision comes after a years-long legal battle over ...