Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Following the December raid on Fort William and Mary in 1774, New Hampshire’s Royal Governor, John Wentworth, became increasingly ...

The Department of the Interior is appealing a federal judge's order to restore the slavery exhibit at the President's House in Independence Mall. A judge ordered the National Park Service to ...

A federal judge ordered the National Park Service to restore exhibits about slaves who lived at the nation’s one-time executive mansion in Philadelphia, agreeing with the city that the Trump ...

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ordered the Trump administration to reinstall several exhibits about slavery that were removed from the President’s House Site in Philadelphia last month. In a ...

For the past five years, a bald eagle has returned nightly to its nest at the end of Bly Road in Independence. Other migratory birds come around too, feasting on dropped kernels of corn and soy. But ...

A rally at the President's House at Philadelphia's Independence Mall on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, called for the return of a slavery exhibit that was removed from the site earlier this year. The exhibit ...

Last year, the Hancock County Commission faced a projected $2.1 million revenue shortfall for the 2026 fiscal year.To help close the gap, commissioners asked th Mountain East tourney fuels downtown ...

The Interior Department removed placards and videos about Washington’s involvement with slavery. A new court ruling blocks further changes, for now. By Mattathias Schwartz Reporting on the federal ...

The administration has ordered that further changes be made to Independence National Historical Park, according to internal National Park Service documents obtained by The New York Times By Mattathias ...

After being closed for more than two months, Philadelphia’s Independence Hall reopened with discounts, giveaways, and special ways for visitors to celebrate America’s 250 th anniversary. The building ...

Starting Thursday, the site where American democracy was born is once again open to the public. Independence Hall had been closed for 119 days, beginning with the government shutdown on Oct. 1 and ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The birthplace of American democracy is officially back open after a four-month closure. Independence Hall was temporarily closed at the beginning of the government shutdown on ...