A sharp trader from Holland, Minuit did not go Dutch. He paid — straight out — the equivalent of $24 for all Manhattan. Today ...

Over 350 years ago, the site that is now Victor, New York, was home to the largest and only Seneca town in the 17th-century United States, known as Ganondagan.

The Ontological-Hysteric Theater, which he founded in 1968, presented more than 50 of his plays, among them “My Head Was a ...

OPINION: At midnight, we went into the kitchen, grabbed a piece of old china, and threw it out the back door, watching it ...

As Mic reports, communities used to bid adieu to the old year and welcome the new one by ringing bells, often in churches.

Everyone has heard of Santa Claus, that chubby, white-bearded, red-suited guy who delivers Christmas presents via a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train used a shirt to fan the flames, a prosecutor said Tuesday at his arraignment on murder charges.

This is a summary of recent property transfers in Fayette, Clark County and Madison County. Click here to see last week’s property transfers.

The most politically divided time in US democracy coincided with a boom in new communications technologies, confrontational ...

Kiwha Lee, a visual artist from New York, carries a Christmas tree from the SoHo Trees tree stand to her apartment building, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) × ...

The clock strikes midnight, a new year begins, and across the globe, various traditions and rituals are practiced to invite good luck for the next 365 days. For an auspicious start to the next 12 ...

One-hundred and 60 years ago on Dec. 13, Union and Confederate cavalry clashed along the banks of the North Fork of the Holston River. On Dec. 14 of this year, members of the Son of Confederate ...