In one of his last public acts, Pope Francis gave a message of hope and peace in his Easter Sunday speech at the Vatican only hours before his death.

Among those watching the Lexington reenactment was Brandon Mace, a lieutenant colonel with the Army Reserve whose ancestor ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

In the pantheon of New England-born patriots, no two men stood higher than Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. And in the New ...

For 250 years, historians have argued over who fired first at the Battle of Lexington, when Massachusetts militiamen faced British soldiers about 20 miles west of Boston.

President Donald Trump is heading into another volatile week of his trade wars facing an urgent need to de-escalate the conflict he ignited with China before it inflicts deep damage on the US economy.

Instead of cowing Canadians, President Trump’s threats to annex their country have unleashed a wave of patriotic fervor ...

As long heard around the world ... Voice of America, in February 1942. “Today, and daily from now, we shall speak to you about America and the war,” the voice told the Germans secretly ...

Phases 1-3 are ... Captain America's WW2 exploits, Captain Carter's post-war adventures, and Captain Marvel's blockbuster-era '90s origins. From there, Iron Man takes place in 2008 before 'Fury's ...