"The elevated global threat level increases the risk that nuclear weapons may be used," Swedish authorities said in updated guidance late last year.

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

Lexington and Concord was the first of several battles fought in Massachusetts. One of the nine on our list included Martha's Vineyard.

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.

Rick Atkinson’s new Revolutionary War history is an unblinking portrait of wonderful nation’s birthing.

The colonial victory against the British in the American Revolutionary War was far from a predetermined outcome. In addition ...

Bradley Setzler, Strumpf Early Career Professor of Economics at Penn State University, said American regions with an above-average exposure to import competition from China suffered a loss of one ...

The danger posed by nuclear weapons in the 21st century is shaping up to be a very different threat than it was in the 20th century. For decades during the Cold War, the United States and the ...

From the Brown Bess musket to the world’s first military submarine, get a closeup look at the powerful and sometimes ingenious weapons that helped the colonies win the war. (Premiered April 9 at ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this ...

The 49ers enter this draft needing stars while also searching for identity, who they are and how they’ll win. That leads to decisions on a deeper level than selecting the best player available ...

Elizabeth and her husband, Samuel, raised seven children in Virginia. During the Revolutionary War, Samuel served in the First Militia under Captain William Russell. In 1779, the Porter family ...