They spend their weekends stitching historically accurate uniforms and portraying Revolutionary War figures. Just don't mistake them for the biggest Fourth of July fans—their passion is history, not patriotic celebrations.
July 04, 2026
A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, especially at the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who cannot be trusted
July 05, 2026
Josh Abbott's "27 Little Butterflies" honors Camp Mystic flood victims, supports families
July 06, 2026
Marine veteran memorializes his best friend with documentary
July 06, 2026
How the Supreme Court has changed on transgender rights since 2020
July 05, 2026
The 23-year-old man accused of killing Charlie Kirk will be in court this week for the case's most substantial hearing so far
July 05, 2026
A group of 150 people from 50 countries has become U.S. citizens at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate
July 05, 2026
Georgia lifeguard called a hero after saving young boy from drowning at waterpark
July 05, 2026
Many California drivers to retake written DMV test after receiving letter that stated "irregularities"
July 04, 2026
Every year, the number of human-caused fires spikes on July 4, and many of them are related to fireworks. When trees and grasses are dry and the temperature high, the risk rises even more.
June 29, 2026
11-year-old girl shot in head in McDonald's parking lot thanks doctors, first responders for saving her life
July 04, 2026
After months of fanfare, President Donald Trump's administration will launch its flagship cradle-to-adulthood investment program, Trump Accounts, on Saturday, as the
July 04, 2026
Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years
July 04, 2026
A federal court has given President Donald Trump's administration permission to reinstall interpretive panels that critics say whitewash the history of slavery at the site of President George Washington's home in Philadelphia
July 04, 2026
Mamdani marks July 4 with a pro-immigration speech, ripping Trump’s policies without using his name
July 04, 2026
Pope Leo praised the United States' history of welcoming immigrants in his first major address to his home country on Friday, urging in a video
July 03, 2026
A California farmer has been giving away free nectarines this week amid a legal dispute with a food market and distributing company claiming exclusive rights over the variety of white nectarine he grows
July 03, 2026
On the eve of America’s birthday, the first American pope takes center stage
July 03, 2026
Trump’s Freedom 250 gives the founders an AI glow-up
July 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has offered a running commentary on his predecessors, his physique, and how he’s spending his time in the White House on second lady Usha Vance's podcast where guests are supposed to read picture books to children
July 03, 2026
Daring rescue mission launches to save a 3,200-pound NASA observatory from an untimely end
July 03, 2026
Why is premium gas so expensive? More Americans are filling their cars with it
July 03, 2026
911 calls released after high school student was stabbed and killed in classroom
July 03, 2026
10 years after Morgan Angerbauer's in-custody death, family fights for jail reforms
July 03, 2026
'That's always a concern': Sheriff comments on eastern NC jail takeover
July 03, 2026
Atlanta middle school cuts discipline referrals by 50% through kindness-focused approach: "Every class, every day, our teachers start with connection before content."
July 03, 2026
Iran is preparing for the dayslong funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
July 03, 2026
A few minutes' walk from Philadelphia's Independence Hall, where the nation's founding ideals were debated and declared, another part of the
July 03, 2026
Some federal employees bristle at America’s 250th birthday festivities after year of agonizing government overhaul
July 03, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has formally apologized for the British state's role in separating unmarried mothers from their babies
July 02, 2026
The discovery of 16 siblings living in deplorable conditions in rural Ohio has left people wondering why the life-threatening squalor wasn’t detected earlier
July 03, 2026
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday lifted a judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to reinstall dozens of exhibits that it removed
July 02, 2026
Visually impaired girl enjoys drone show, thanks to company
July 03, 2026
Senior citizens help train service pets
July 03, 2026
Black women artists explore 250 years of U.S. history in new Maryland exhibit
July 03, 2026
America 250: Eight decades after Pearl Harbor, DNA technology brings a sailor home
July 03, 2026
From train tracks to highways, how Indiana became the "Crossroads of America"
July 03, 2026
New requirements for sports agents in Louisiana aim to protect student-athletes
July 03, 2026
Man who had stroke at 9 writes memoir one keystroke at a time
July 03, 2026
Firefighters prepare to assist autistic patients with new tools and training
July 03, 2026
Before the Strip: How a desert spring and an adobe fort gave birth to the city of Las Vegas
July 03, 2026
Employment data offers a grim outlook for secretaries and administrative assistants in the age of artificial intelligence, but workers in the women-dominated occupation say the numbers don’t tell the whole story
July 02, 2026
Kids rescue missing dog ejected from car
July 03, 2026
13-year-old girl found driving car with loaded gun inside after noise complaint
July 03, 2026
Friends born on July 4, 1976, are turning 50 as America marks its 250th birthday
July 03, 2026
Revolutionary War soldier's legacy lives on in Blue Springs founding family's story
July 02, 2026
Oklahoma makes statewide cell phone ban in public schools permanent
July 02, 2026
Jane Calvert has spent 25 years championing John Dickinson, a lesser-known Revolutionary War figure
July 02, 2026
California has enacted many changes over the years that were intended to boost voter turnout
July 02, 2026
The medical tools of the Revolutionary period help flesh out the picture of what physical well-being felt like for people living in the American colonies 250 years ago.
July 02, 2026
New legislation in Denver created a program to build, repair and maintain sidewalks throughout the city.
July 02, 2026
A little-known law called ERISA bars millions of patients from suing for damages when health insurers wrongly deny claims.
July 02, 2026
Montesquieu shaped how Americans understood liberty, and his warning about a ‘tyranny of opinion’ speaks to today’s polarization.
July 02, 2026
Mail-in voting was created during the Civil War so soldiers could vote. That legacy helped shape how the Supreme Court ruled more than 160 years later.
July 02, 2026
Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling brings relief to immigrant advocacy group in Baltimore
July 02, 2026
Investigators pinpoint haunting echoes between Texas child disasters
July 02, 2026
Inside a cavernous aircraft hangar in the Mojave Desert, JetZero is building a full-size demonstrator of what could be a 200-plus-seat jet, a
July 02, 2026
Hungary will launch a means-tested school-start benefit program at a cost of 40 billion forints ($128.41 million) per year, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Thursday,
July 02, 2026
When the U.S.
July 02, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologised on Thursday to women forced to give up their babies or separated from their mothers at birth under a system of
July 02, 2026
The Feb. 28 attack on a primary school in southeastern Iran was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran
July 01, 2026
Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ is driving aspiring doctors to reconsider their careers
July 02, 2026
The families of those killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting will indirectly receive money from Alex Jones after a billion-dollar defamation verdict
July 02, 2026
The command center hums with activity as radios crackle to life, medical staff stop in to say hello and supplies are
July 02, 2026
UPS never required the detailed inspections needed to spot the problem that allowed an engine to fly off one of its planes before it crashed and killed 15 people last fall even after Boeing recommended it years earlier
July 02, 2026
Martial arts icon Bruce Lee, who was born in San Francisco, will become the first Chinese American in California history with an annual namesake day
July 02, 2026
Authorities say 16 children from the same family who were rescued from a run-down home in rural Ohio were living in horrific conditions and were confined to just one room over much of the past four years
July 01, 2026
An Ohio judge will make a ruling next week on a preliminary injunction request from 24 men’s and women’s college basketball players suing the NCAA in a state court, claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition
July 02, 2026
President Donald Trump visited the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota on Wednesday
July 01, 2026
St. Dorothy Parish in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, says goodbye to Father Murphy after 38 years
July 02, 2026
The fifth-largest public school district in Kansas said on Wednesday it disagreed with the Trump administration's accusation that it violated federal
July 02, 2026
Man accuses police of losing his car after an accident. It's still missing nearly a year later.
July 02, 2026
An escaped giraffe has managed to stay a few steps ahead of a private ranch owner and local officials in Texas Hill Country for nearly two weeks
June 25, 2026
7-year-old boy reunites with first responders who saved his life after crash
July 02, 2026
Georgia Archives documents give multifaceted look at America's story during country's 250th birthday
July 01, 2026
Mark Sherman has covered the Supreme Court for The Associated Press for 20 years during some of the most momentous decisions in history
July 01, 2026
Teen homicides spark community action at apartment complex; landlord says security changes on the way
July 01, 2026
Disney spotlight sends Oklahoma City mobile library books pouring in from across the country
July 01, 2026
Woman spends decades rescuing homeless animals at shelter she helped build
July 01, 2026
America 250: How two roads in Detroit changed American driving forever
July 01, 2026
Officer under review for controversial Juneteenth arrest used same tactic earlier that day
July 01, 2026
America’s Forgotten Soldiers: The Black Patriots Project
July 01, 2026
Canadian boy, 11, died from rabies after waking up with bat on his mouth
July 01, 2026
CNN's Wolf Blitzer speaks with ACLU Senior Counsel Joshua Block after the Supreme Court lets states ban trans athletes from playing on girl's sports teams. Block also represented plaintiff Becky Pepper-Jackson and argued on her behalf in front of the Supreme Court. Block spoke about her courage and what this case means for other trans athletes.
July 01, 2026
Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time
July 01, 2026
On Tuesday, the U.S.
July 01, 2026
A Kenyan court charged eight schoolgirls on Wednesday with murder for the deaths of 16 of their fellow students in a dormitory fire at a school in Kenya's Rift Valley in
July 01, 2026
Uthy spent seven years in medical school training to become a doctor
July 01, 2026
Across the country, experts are watching to see whether the World Cup will give a boost to youth soccer and mint fans for decades to come
July 01, 2026
Conference offers safe space for gay men to unpack the stigmas, challenges of adoption and surrogacy
July 01, 2026
Baby mink rescued from Sonoma County backyard
July 01, 2026
From a synagogue’s 5K to Appalachia’s Hillbilly Days, shared celebrations pull strangers together.
July 01, 2026
Britain's police watchdog said on Wednesday it was investigating two officers over their handling of a student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from stab wounds after his
July 01, 2026
A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling Tuesday in two separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution
July 01, 2026
In May 1996, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a voter-passed Colorado measure that had denied gay people legal protections against discrimination.
July 01, 2026
President Donald Trump didn’t get what he wanted in some of the biggest Supreme Court cases this year: tariffs, birthright citizenship and the attempted firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook
July 01, 2026
What older adults need to know before taking a GLP-1 medication to lose weight
July 01, 2026
China tells its ethnic minorities to integrate or face consequences with sweeping new unity law
July 01, 2026
Mourners are attending funerals of 14 schoolchildren who were killed when the roof of a tutoring center collapsed
July 01, 2026
A roof collapse at a tutoring center under construction in Lahore, Pakistan, has killed at least 14 schoolchildren
June 30, 2026
Trump’s sweeping changes to student loans take effect today. Here’s what they mean for you
July 01, 2026
For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities
July 01, 2026
At least 36 students and one staff member abducted by gunmen from a secondary school in Lassa in northeast Nigeria remain in captivity, while eight others have been rescued, a
July 01, 2026
The U.S. government said on Tuesday it will bring enforcement action against the Kansas City Public School District in Kansas over its transgender
July 01, 2026
Pointing to the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, the high court ruled that all babies born in the United States ‘are citizens by birth.’
July 01, 2026
Supreme Court lets states ban transgender athletes from playing on girls sports teams
June 30, 2026
Fourteen children died after the roof of a tutoring centre collapsed in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday, rescue officials said, as
July 01, 2026
Two federal judges on Tuesday blocked U.S.
July 01, 2026
The NBA is going back to college this coming season, bringing the NBA Cup championship game to Butler’s historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis
July 01, 2026
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged countries to cover a $100 million gap in funding for the U.N.
July 01, 2026
TikTok has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a teenager who claimed the platform damaged his mental health, a spokesperson for the plaintiff's law firm said Tuesday.
July 01, 2026
The Supreme Court’s rulings on Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. focused on transgender students participating on sports teams, but likely has broader implications.
July 01, 2026
Teen's Storm Smart program teaches hundreds of students hurricane preparedness
July 01, 2026
Long lost brothers reunite after 58 years
July 01, 2026
The U.S.
June 30, 2026
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June 30, 2026
Lexi Minetree stars as a teenage Elle Woods in a new “Legally Blonde” prequel series for Prime Video
July 01, 2026
The U.S.
July 03, 2025
How a retiring teacher inspired 650K hours of student service
July 01, 2026
A huge amount of money flows into campaigns in the United States. For 20 years, the Supreme Court has been loosening rules for who can contribute and how much. It just loosened the rules again.
June 30, 2026
'We don't have anywhere to go': Mother speaks out after fireworks destroy home, 13 people homeless
June 30, 2026
2-year-old amputee running just weeks after receiving prosthetic
June 30, 2026
The U.S.
June 30, 2026
The U.S.
June 30, 2026
The chair of the U.S.
June 30, 2026
Alvin Campbell Jr., brother of Massachusetts Attorney General, sentenced in rape case
June 30, 2026
The Supreme Court is upholding state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people
June 30, 2026
Library removes Pride Month display after officials’ request
June 30, 2026
Seniors are spending more time on their phones, AARP says. Why that's a mixed blessing.
June 30, 2026
Detailed data is useful for understanding and addressing environmental effects on people’s lives in ways that become difficult or impossible if only the broadest and blurriest picture is developed.
June 30, 2026
The Andrew Carnegie Foundation has announced this year’s “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” honorees, including Citi CEO Jane Fraser and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Hernan Diaz and Cristina Rivera Garza
June 30, 2026
Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home
June 30, 2026
Inside President Donald Trump's six "Freedom Trucks" that will drive across the country to celebrate America's 250th birthday, an AI-generated George
June 30, 2026
American courts have heard cases over the Bible’s role in classrooms for more than a century. Whether lessons are constitutional depends on their purpose.
June 29, 2026
Michigan parents face murder and child abuse charges in death of 7-year-old boy who weighed 255 pounds
June 30, 2026
Leaders of India's youth Cockroach Janta Party neared two weeks of sit-in protests on Tuesday, backed by a well-known activist who has started a hunger
June 30, 2026
Gojek co-founder Nadiem Anwar Makarim has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after Indonesia’s anti-graft court found him guilty in a high-profile corruption case stemming from his time as education minister
June 30, 2026
An Indonesian court on Tuesday ruled that Nadiem Makarim, co-founder of tech firm Gojek and a former education minister, was guilty
June 30, 2026
Talking to kids about money can be fraught, especially if parents don’t feel totally comfortable with the topic themselves
June 30, 2026
Savvy investors know that an IRA has a life cycle that must evolve as they do
June 30, 2026
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te warned military cadets on Tuesday not to succumb to China's spying activities and to defend freedom and
June 30, 2026
Jon Meacham is among many historians reflecting on the complex legacy of Thomas Jefferson
June 30, 2026
The U.S.
June 30, 2026
A coalition of Democratic-led states sued on Monday to block a Trump administration rule implementing new work requirements for Medicaid recipients, arguing
June 30, 2026
Four U.S.
June 30, 2026
Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible for higher student loan limits after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump administration rule that held them to lower caps
June 30, 2026
Prosecutors in Michigan say the parents of a 7-year-old boy who weighed 255 pounds when he died have been charged with murder
June 30, 2026
A heat wave is gripping the Midwest and is shifting eastward, causing summer camps and outdoor activities to be canceled or delayed
June 29, 2026
The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million to settle over 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials
June 30, 2026
SK Hynix hits the U.S. stock market as demand for memory chips soars amid AI frenzy
Elon Musk’s plans refer to an idea conceived in the 1960s. What is the Kardashev scale?
As Europe bakes, Eurostar orders trains that can cope with 55C heat
S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slip as investors eye SK Hynix listing, Middle East risks
Soccer-Mission creep: FIFA's embrace of technology backfires in controversy-riven World Cup
‘L.A. at rush hour.’ ‘Disney World.’ American national parks feeling the strain this summer