The post office was called “Cherokee” when it was established in 1833, and a year later it was renamed “Chalmers.” Why these ...

In France in early 1848 the bourgeois revolutionaries had introduced a species of universal suffrage (though it was limited ...

The Baseball Hall of Fame has had some form of “Veterans Committee” ballot in its induction process going all the way back to ...

The historic John Ravenel house on High Battery in Charleston is for sale for $22.25 million. Take a tour inside.

Before Daniel Lurie, before Feinstein, before Sutro — there was Washington Bartlett, San Francisco’s forgotten Jewish mayor.

Edwina Currie’s 17th century cottage in the Peak District is full of “little treasures” that she’s bought at auctions over ...

Struggling as an independent country, the Republic of Texas sought to become part of the United States. Although many in ...

Every election year, race callers also complete extensive training sessions ... They include AP’s vote count, which it has conducted in every U.S. presidential election since 1848. In general ...

I apologize to the good people of Logansport for stirring a hornets’ nest in this season of hateful lies. I also wish to set the record straight with facts, not conjecture, polemics or ill-researched ...

Local officials are beginning to certify the results of this year’s presidential election in a process that so far has been ...

With the discovery of gold in California and the ensuing gold rush, white settlement accelerated. Many of the attitudes of the new arrivals conflicted with Mexican culture and its strong Catholic ...