Ken Burns on why the American Revolution was a "big deal in world history" 01:45. The American Revolution was one of the most ...

There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations at its headquarters in New York and at ...

The History of the World in Seven Snails. For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature. Melissa Betters. May 29, 2025.

It’s part of the promise of the New World, that the Western Hemisphere would be, as the American revolutionary Thomas Paine said of the United States, an “asylum” for humanity.

WASHINGTON — The USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group launched the “largest airstrike in the history of the world” from an aircraft carrier during recent operations near Somalia, the ...