One continuous road can have different names or suffixes. Sometimes it’s an error, and other times, it’s history.

By Bill Chappell Is it hemp, cannabis or marijuana? That depends on who's discussing the enigmatic plant that's legal in some ...

Black History Month, which began Feb. 1, marks 100 years since historian Carter G. Woodson helped launch a national effort to recognize and teach Black history in the United States, and 50 years since ...

Clyde W. Ford, author of "A High Price for Freedom," spoke with The Seattle Times about the book’s inspirations, his thoughts on truth and myth and more.

The Supreme Court is taking up a case on whether Paramount violated the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by ...

History is often taught as if progress moves in a straight line—from ancient Greece to Rome, from medieval Europe to the Renaissance, from industrialization to modernity. Africa, in this telling, ...

The term “law” is often traced to the Teutonic word “Lag,” meaning “definite,” though scholars continue to debate its ...

Trump wants nations to pay $1 billion to stay on peace board Leader linked to ISIS ambush that killed 3 Americans dead after US strike: CENTCOM The first law of thermodynamics has been rewritten Can't ...

As Americans engage in post-Christmas sales on December 26, other countries are celebrating a holiday with its own unique flair — Boxing Day. While the name may conjure images of sports for some, the ...

EAST OTTO — Local law enforcement officer Mary MacQueen retired from the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 31, marking the end of her 23-yea ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Between the village of Abiquiú and the turn off to Abiquiú Dam, U.S. 84 rises along a sandstone exposure and ...

The Symposium, as depicted by Pietro Testa. If you could go back in time and be a fly on the wall for any event in history, the Symposium would be a great choice. It’s 416 BCE and we’re in Athens. The ...