The National Park Service has removed exhibits depicting slavery and George Washington's treatment of enslaved people at the ...

Even during his lifetime, Washington faced criticism for holding slaves. In 1775, British essayist Samuel Johnson criticized ...

George Washington kept slaves as president, but a federal display commemorating them has now been dismantled in Philadelphia.

Elizabeth Smart became a household name when she was abducted at age 14, held captive for nine months and then found safe.

The thrilling 2023 Pakistan cable car rescue attempt is recounted in the Sundance documentary 'Hanging By a Wire,' directed by Mohammed Ali Naqvi.

That was state Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal’s top message Thursday during his annual “State of Education” address. “It’s broken, and it’s time for Democrats to admit that. It’s ...

As news reports proliferate of multimillion-dollar — and possibly billion-dollar — fraudulent diversions of government funds involving Minnesota’s Somali immigrant community, it may be time at one ...

The Kennedys have long fascinated the American public. An Irish American family whose political dynasty can be traced back to 1884, when Patrick Joseph “P.J.” Kennedy took office in the Massachusetts ...

Former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters is asking a state appeals court to recognize a pardon issued by President Donald Trump as valid and to order her release from prison, raising a novel legal ...

On Christmas Day in 1776, with the Continental Army at its lowest ebb, George Washington stood on the icy banks of the Delaware River and launched a last-ditch effort to keep the American Revolution ...

George Washington’s image is reproduced millions of times each year on the $1 bill. Now, a portrait by artist Gilbert Stuart that inspired the engraving is heading to auction at Christie’s, where it’s ...