Paul Revere and William Dawes rode out from Boston to alert their fellow patriots of the movement of the British regulars. A signal — two lanterns in the tower of Christ Church — indicated that the ...

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The Missouri senator made his name in politics by boosting developmentally disabled kids like his own son. | Opinion ...

As AmeriCorps members with Reading Corps, Heide Doolittle and Crystal Fozard have dedicated themselves to providing extra practice and support to help our students improve their reading skills. Over ...

Nicholas Ostler, in his 2005 book Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World, observes that the great languages have generally been the languages of the greatest traders and, especially, ...

Following Trump's lead, organizations including Walmart, Lowe’s and Meta have announced they would scale back their ...