A U.S. history professor at the University of the District of Columbia explains America’s long record of territorial ...

Kevin Durant is widely regarded as one of the best scorers of his generation. A four-time scoring champion with numerous records to his name, his offensive consistency has long defined his career.

We have convened a Hall of Fame panel, made up entirely by me, to officially determine whether Chris Paul, a.k.a. The Point God, will retire at season's end as one of the five greatest point guards in ...

The Declaration proclaimed all men created equal, yet the new nation’s economy depended on enslaved labor in the South and indentured servitude in the North. This contradiction would shape American ...

We are in the second longest government shutdown in U.S. history, and with the next Senate vote to reopen the government unclear, the 2025 shutdown would become the longest shutdown ever should it ...

Catherine S. Comeaux and her family spent three summers exploring state, national and provincial parks — from Louisiana to Alaska then Nova Scotia and along the Mississippi River in between. This year ...

Congress is barreling toward a government shutdown with both sides digging in two days before the Oct. 1 funding deadline. Republicans are insisting on a “clean” continuing resolution that would fund ...

The Declaration of Independence was as much economic as political, resisting the mercantilist system favored by the British. That same year, Adam Smith published “The Wealth of Nations,” providing ...

Let’s set the way-back machine for 19 and 25, a solid century ago. The period between the two world wars was an exciting and turbulent time. High school teacher John T. Scopes, accused of teaching the ...

There are a lot of ways that filmmakers and storytellers have reworked real history with an alternate version of that history over the years. Often it's a re-imagining of major events like wars, but ...

DRAPER — Crews are making progress on "The Point" redevelopment project, but it is hard to see because most of it is underground. "We're currently working on the underground utilities, storm drain, ...