WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans have a message for the penny: Good riddance. Around the country, people of all ages are ...

Peter Bentzon (ca. 1783–after 1850) was not only a free man; he was also a silversmith and jeweler who worked in Philadelphia and on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Bentzon’s work is recognized ...

Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California ...

President Trump's plans to police DEI language and control the Kennedy Center show an intent to use the government's enormous ...

A major Dutch museum is staging a huge exhibition of American photography that explores the tension between how the United ...

The U.S. is full of archaeological sites, "but in most cases you could be standing right on top of one and never know it," Elic Weitzel told Newsweek.

Indiana Humanities is now accepting applications for one of the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibits to visit small Indiana towns ...

In an attempt to align with President Trump’s termination of DEI initiatives, the Army and Navy have taken down web pages ...

Frédérique Irwin, CEO of the National Women's History Museum, aims to make women's historical representation resonate with younger generations.

The first Medal of Honor earned by an African American, and some of the slave shackles that they have on display, just poignant pieces of American history,” Davis said.

Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...

Happy Valentine’s week, DC! Share the love with your boo or your besties this week at a Valentine’s dinner or show. There’s also the return of fun annual events such as Alexandria’s George Washington ...