On Nov. 23, 2005, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia, becoming Africa’s first democratically elected ...

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A person's preferred dishes can reveal a lot about them. Here are the favorite steak orders of six U.S. Presidents, varying ...

"They really missed an opportunity," a museum trustee said, of how Netflix series, "Death by Lightning" fails to mention Long ...

On Nov. 23, 1984, Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie completed one of the most famous passes in college football history, connecting with Gerald Phelan for a 48-yard touchdown with no time left on ...

Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer who served in President Ulysses S. Grant’s cabinet, was posthumously ...

Fewer than 23 percent of voters decided Lincoln County’s most recent election, electing a new Brookhaven School Board member ...

At the start of the Civil War, Parker’s offer to enlist was rejected outright by another New Yorker, Secretary of State William H. Seward, who – according to historians – told the Seneca leader the ...

Take a historic tour inside the preserved home of General Ulysses S. Grant, exploring the rooms, artifacts, and stories of the Civil War hero and U.S. President. This walkthrough offers a rare glimpse ...