If you watch the New Year’s festivities from New York, you know that they mark midnight with the dropping of a big, gaudy ball. You might assume this was just an arbitrary gimmick, but it ...

The partisan press, which dominated the early 1800s, has returned in the modern era, with 69 percent of U.S. adults having little or no trust in the media, and 44 percent believing the press is ...

In 1833 Benjamin Day introduced The New York Sun, bringing the penny press and a new epoch to communications. This was a mass audience of urban working-class citizens who would buy their own ...

Washington’s portrayal of Othello adds him to a collection of Black actors who have performed the theatrical role, which was traditionally portrayed by whites only for generations.

A Black Ball ship is pictured here in 1833. Hulton Archive/Getty Images In the first half ... This 1918 photograph shows New York City crowds waiting for the return of Cunard's RMS Mauretania, which ...

One of the air traffic controllers on duty was allowed to go home early, leaving just one controller in charge, according to reports. The Palestinian authority has paid upwards of $141 million to the ...

Crypto bro Justin Sun has sued entertainment mogul David Geffen to reclaim an Alberto Giacometti sculpture he claims was ...

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has appealed his New York hush money conviction, seeking to erase the verdict that made him the first person with a criminal record to win the office.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor ...