Few presidential powers are as consequential and enduring as the appointment of a judge to the Supreme Court of the United ...

The new Horace Mann school currently resides on Edwards Street in Alton ...

On July 9, 2011, the Republic of South Sudan declared its independence from Sudan and became Africa's 54th nation.

Have you ever wondered how every date on the calendar holds a story waiting to be told? July 9 is no different. It carries ...

Bakels said the Seminoles' tactic was to fall back, luring the soldiers into a trap. Then, according to accounts of the ...

Mexican Senate President Gerardo Fernández Noroña displayed a 1830s map showing California and Texas as Mexican territory during the LA immigration debate.

Happy birthday to “Old Rough and Ready”! Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), 12th president of the United States, was born 231 years ago today. Taylor earned the nickname “Old Rough and Ready” in ...

Helen Marie Taylor, president of the James Madison Foundation and descendant of President Zachary Taylor, discusses the Presidential Cousins exhibit at the James Madison Museum in Orange.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Military honors were given to the late U.S. President Zachary Taylor on his birthday Thursday. Soldiers from Fort Knox paid tribute with a wreath-laying ceremony at the ...