It was brought to the United States in the late 1700s and was prized as an easy-to-grow shade tree, according to Penn State Extension. It's so common here now that it's categorized as a noxious ...

Many travelers say you can't leave Charleston without strolling this historic seawall along the city's southern tip, which they call both beautiful and what makes Charleston special. Across the ...

While the U.S. has imposed tariffs on some imported goods since the late 1700s, did tariffs cause the Great Depression? "Certainly not," says Gary Richardson, economics professor at the University ...

President Trump's new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China have unsettled both domestic and international markets, concerning investors and manufacturers. This emerging global trade war has raised ...

Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston, died suddenly at 70 years old just two months after taking office Meredith Kile is a Digital News Writer-Editor at PEOPLE. She has been an ...

Applications by Americans soared in the last three months of 2024, when more than 1,700 people applied – the most in any quarter in the past two decades. The surge is reminiscent of an upswing ...

Just 10 days after a 4.7-magnitude quake struck 24 kilometres northeast of Sechelt, a similar-sized jolt occurred Monday at about 5 a.m. It was centred 42 km east of Sidney. Initial reports had ...

The first two figures on the left are dressed as characters from commedia dell’arte, a form of Italian comic theater that was popular in Europe between the 1500s and 1700s. The figure on the far right ...