The United States does not have a rich diamond mining history. But an exhibit at the Smithsonian proves that some of the ...

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San Francisco’s housing market is known as one of the most expensive in the United States, and recent home sales in the area illustrated that reputation.

President Trump named Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next Secretary of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem.

Over the course of the American Civil War, Grant commanded and fought in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the Wilderness, Petersburg, and Appomattox. Grant was appointed ...

As bombs rain down, Babak Rahimi, a scholar of the Middle East, challenges the US press to convey the “messy” reality on the ...

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The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has launched One Minute Wonders, a new series of short-form videos designed to make postal history engaging and accessible for all audiences. Each one-minute ...

How did we get our mail before we had house numbers? This comes to us from the website History Facts. The first post office in the American colonies appeared in a Massachusetts tavern in 1639, and we ...

Both the exhibit and the program are free and open to the public.