As one of New York’s oldest neighborhoods, dating back to the end of the 17 th century, Greenwich Village had, since the 19 ...

In early February 1913, the Public Service Commission announced that it had granted the Brooklyn Rapid Transit permission to elevate the 1 1/2 mile section of ...

Feb. 27 1918 — The first neutral site game in NHL history is held in Quebec City. Frank Nighbor scores twice in the first period to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens.

One of their units was the famous “Lost Battalion,” which is where Lost Battalion Hall in Rego Park got its name.

Stocks are stalling on Wall Street after a report showed U.S. retailers made less money at the end of last year than economists expected. The S&P 500 edged up 0.

In the late 19th century, street bakers traversed snowy Cincinnati streets to deliver fresh waffles from their horse-drawn carts.

Longtime Montclair resident Marion Thompson Wright was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in history, but it ...

That’s how Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” and Alfred Uhry’s “Last Night of Ballyhoo” begin, and also Ian Buruma’s memoir about his grandparents, “Their Promised Land.” The idea is, as soon as you show ...

Raised in Crown Heights, Dr. McKinney Steward was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in New York. A true American pioneer, Dr. Susan McKinney Steward was the first Black woman to earn a ...

As the Vatican clears the way for the televangelist's beatification, here are 12 saints with U.S. ties.

Mount Arab offers a one-mile snowshoe trail in the Adirondacks with a historic fire tower and sweeping winter views — a great beginner outing for all fitness levels.

The possibility that the former home of the International Rugby Experience may be converted to a women’s museum is music to the ears of half the population of Ireland, writes Clodagh Finn ...