On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from ...

The chances of a partial government shutdown have become increasingly likely in recent days as Senate Democrats outline ...

WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 85, is heading for the exits after nearly four decades in Congress.

U.S. Olympic hockey player Mike Ramsey checks the Soviet Union's Valeri Kharlamov, No. 17, during an upset victory for the ...

On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn in as ...

On Jan. 29, 1820, 10 years after mental illness forced him to retire from public life, Britain's King George III, who lost ...

From the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 to the intervention in Venezuela, Washington has dominated the American continent by force ...

Roxana High School senior goes through knee rehab at Alton Memorial in 2001 ...

CME Group Chief Economist Erik Norland has written a definitive guide to the economic forces moving the precious metals markets. He notes:“ Gold... is up 80% as of January 21.

The Altoona Planning Commission re-elected Thomas J. Finnegan Jr. as chairman and then gave approval for Robert G. Pennington’s plan to build a development parallel to Ruskin Drive called Penn Terrace ...

Pontiac’s 428 V8; this one was off the road since 1981, when the original owner parked it with 100,140 miles, no one drove it since ...