Several years before the Civil War broke out, William Cooper Nell, a Boston-born abolitionist and journalist, dedicated himself to an unheard-of task.

For three days, soldiers of the 7th Cavalry Regiment poured rifle and machine gun fire into the twin tunnels. Families huddled behind walls of corpses. Mothers shielded their children with their ...

The expedition passed through Brookfield, Spencer, Leicester, Worcester, Shrewsbury, Northborough, Marlborough, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Weston, Waltham and Watertown. John Adams reported ...

When President Trump and his administration call ICE protesters "domestic terrorists," "would-be assassins" and "agitators," they are not only attacking our constitutional right of speech and assembly ...

The NBA leads in a wave of sports-world criticism following the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

With nearly all of the victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre now dead, the country must find other ways to rectify its wrongs.

Jon Fasman, our senior culture correspondent, on the Boston Massacre, and how it changed relations between the colonists and ...

The White House and iconic franchises such as Disney are highlighting America's 250th anniversary as states lead additional festivities.

"It is easily the deadliest deed of the Islamic Republic in its history—and that is quite something given how brutal the regime has been," says Iran analyst Arash Azizi.

He was a fierce patriot and Founding Father – so why did John Adams defend British soldiers accused of murder following the ...

Leaders of law enforcement organizations expressed alarm Sunday over the latest deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis while use-of-force experts criticized the Trump administration’s ...

The Boston Massacre was a key accelerating event in the build-up to the American Revolution. The 3rd Amendment bans the ...