The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as ...

It is agreed on all sides that no effort to "compromise" with the States that have seceded would either be of the slightest practical use, or would be consistent with the honor and sovereignty of ...

A Washington Post story on the matter said Mountaineers split from Virginia as a way of “defending the ‘United States’… rather than the ‘seceded states’.” In New York City’s Staten ...

But just 16 years after becoming a U.S. state, it seceded in the Civil War. Today, Texans still sometimes speak wistfully of becoming their own country again, free of the dysfunction of Washington ...

Seven Southern states had already seceded with the fate of Kentucky, a slave state, still unknown. In that atmosphere, Lincoln made a stop in Cincinnati on Feb. 12, where he gave a speech before a ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

When Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, the portion now known as West Virginia broke off to form its own state. Admitted to the Union in 1863, West Virginia was the only state created from ...

Palm Tree reportedly will be the first haredi town in the United States. (JTA) — The Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel reportedly will become the first haredi Orthodox town in the United States ...