The trade war President Donald Trump promised has begun, threatening the world economy and straining the United States’ longstanding alliances in Europe and Asia.

The term "blogger" didn't come into the lexicon until the 1990s. But 60 years before, Arlington almost had the equivalent of ...

Mercury Center started charging readers $4.95 a month in April 1995, three months after the free site’s launch; Mercury News subscribers paid just $2.95. Previously happy readers bristled at paying ...

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

A settlement between Yeshiva University and its LGBTQ club has sparked backlash from revered Orthodox Judaism authorities.

NIU is holding a fundraiser April 2-3 to back an effort to conserve and digitize the world's best collection of historically ...

Friday marks the 233rd anniversary of the birth of Thaddeus Stevens, Lancaster’s Civil War-era abolitionist congressman.

The Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Famer will be inducted into the LPGA shrine in a ceremony on May 18 in Daytona, Fla.

Jim Gotsch has helped build and maintain St. Mary’s County roads, but now the Public Works and Transportation director is ...

Kentucky picked a fight with the U.S. Constitution. The state enacted a law requiring that a “durable, permanent copy of the Ten Commandments shall be displayed on a wall in each public elementary and ...

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation recently released a new installment of the ...