On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th ...

1972: Forty-five people died when a United Airlines jet crashed into bungalows on West 70th Place while approaching Chicago’s ...

1924: Stateville prison in Joliet was dedicated. More than 2,000 people traveled to see what was then known as the world’s ...

For a few individuals, gambling is not a game or amusement, it’s also a profession, an identity and sometimes even the road to riches.

For the third time in about a decade, Memphis music lovers could hear the far-famed pianism of Alexander Brailowsky, ...

Explore how the Bell 206 went from an overlooked Army prototype to one of the most beloved and widely used helicopters in the ...

In this article, learn more about the 777X test variants and how each of them has been used to carry out essential testing to ...

Seattle Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto, Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager Justin ...

Today in History for Dec. 16: In 1653, Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. In 1770, German composer Ludvig Van Beethoven, universally recognized as one of the ...

The United States Geological Survey put out a false alarm for a 5.9 earthquake east of Dayton, Nevada, on Thursday morning.

Mr. Trump will attend the 2026 men’s World Cup draw on Friday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in ...

The quiet calm of a weekday morning in a Woodbridge, Virginia, neighborhood was suddenly interrupted Thursday by a loud siren, two Humvee-style vehicles and a group of SWAT-like figures in camouflage, ...