Ken Burns's new documentary achieves a tone that is unmistakably Burns: measured, atmospheric, at times elegiac and always ...

The creators of the documentary, now streaming, on capturing the publication on film, why the magazine’s editing process is ...

In a little known episode of the constitutional history of the United States, nearing the end of the 18th century there was still a discussion about the form of government that the new country was to ...

The Incredible Historic Shipwrecks Still Lying in British Rivers' In 2013, a survey around the UK identified 199 different assemblages of hulks, remains of craft. These included paddle ships, ferries, ...

Consequently, Senate Republicans should nuke the filibuster themselves if the Democrats try to shut down the government again on January 30, when the recently passed partial funding bill expires.

Actor Dick Terhune will bring Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," to life in a one-man performance at the Palace Theater.

An 18th-century mechanical artwork depicting Mount Vesuvius’ eruption has finally erupted — 250 years later. University of Melbourne students reconstructed Sir William Hamilton’s imaginative fusion of ...

We’ve known for a long time that the planets travel around the sun, but there was a period where this was still new, exciting, and worthy of public demonstrations. Eighteenth century artist Joseph ...

The race to fill the empty 18th Congressional District seat for Texas is headed to a runoff between two Democrats, with acting Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Council ...

Form error message goes here. Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. HOUSTON (AP) — Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards advanced to a runoff ...

Acting Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Council Member Amanda Edwards are leading the field in the latest poll of candidates for the special election to fill Texas’ ...

Voters in Texas’s 18th Congressional District will cast their ballots on Tuesday in a special election to fill the remainder of the term of Rep. Sylvester Turner (D), the congressman and former ...