Long lines for food, for relief; fear and despair. Though black-and-white, the pictures from the Great Depression echo America in the COVID era: national suffering and frustration. The virus is new; ...

Recently I had an opportunity to visit the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, a goal of mine for decades. From its extensive dinosaur collection to the Akeley Hall of African Mammals ...

From Manning’s to Blackwell to Welfare to Roosevelt, this 2.5 mile strip of New York City has gone by many names and served many purposes. Developed first as a family farm then a prison complex, ...

Teddy Roosevelt is usually treated like political Mount Rushmore come to life. He’s the cowboy president, the trustbuster, the conservation hero, the larger-than-life warrior who charged up San Juan ...

Theodore Roosevelt believed in “the strenuous life,” displaying boundless vigor, fortitude, and endurance throughout his career. From cattle ranching out West to fighting the Spanish with the Rough ...

There are some trials that naturally lend themselves to dramatic recounting in books or movies. They're usually the same ones that get called "trials of the century." Cases, for example, involving ...

Theodore Roosevelt was fascinated by the natural world. While in the Oval Office, he made it his mission to protect the country’s wildlife and natural landscapes, establishing 150 national forests, 51 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Jan. 28, 1924, Roosevelt Elementary opened for the first day of class. Named for Theodore Roosevelt, the school was built near ...

In an 1887 speech, Theodore Roosevelt said of the bomb-throwing anarchists of his day, "There is but one answer to be made to the dynamite bomb and that can best be made by the Winchester rifle." What ...

It was unexpected, bold, and shattered tradition. When Teddy Roosevelt left Washington and traveled to Panama in November 1906, it was the first time a sitting president had ventured outside the ...