On this date in history: In 1844, the first U.S telegraph line was formally opened -- between Baltimore and Washington. The ...

Texas statehood was made official on Dec. 28. On Feb. 19, 1846, statehood was made official. In a solemn ceremony, Jones ...

The department says its current space, under 5,000 square feet, is outdated, inefficient and lacking basic necessities for modern law enforcement.

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, the grandson of the 10th president John Tyler, died on Sunday at the age of 96. Tyler was the son of ...

As progress began to be made on annexation, this put Jones on track to be Texas’s president with the 1844 election. Part 2 will continue next Sunday. Ken Bridges is a writer, historian and ...

The Geographic Board say a proposal to change the name of the Northland town to its original Māori has been declined.

Three veterans are on the ballot in the June gubernatorial primary in New Jersey: Mikie Sherrill, who served in the U.S. Navy ...

IDAHO FALLS – As Catholics all over the world react to the election of the church’s first American pope, members of other religions are celebrating the right to practice their beliefs and worship as ...

Prime Minister Modi will chair a NITI Aayog meeting, will head to Bihar later today; Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be in ...

Netflix released a documentary on former NFL quarterback Brett Favre, titled "UNTOLD: The Fall of Favre," which detailed his on-field heroics and off-field scandals.

Election results have been validated in British ... when Leigh Hunsigner-Chang received 1,844 votes and 3.6 per cent vote share. Like in the other Prince George riding, support from the People ...