President Thomas Jefferson's acquisition of more than 800,000 square miles of land from France in 1803 was a remarkable chapter in American history, all the more fascinating for it being so unexpected ...

The Statue of Liberty, France's gift to the U.S., was originally viewed as a tribute to the end of slavery. But poet Emma ...

The reopening of Ellis Island to the public during America's bicentennial year prompted CBS News' Charles Kuralt to offer his ...

In a seemingly impossible confrontation with the strongest nation in the world, a group of daring American patriots wrote ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Louisiana State Police detectives are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that happened Thursday morning in Lake Charles.

Fun Fact: Charles Barkley, the town of Leeds most famous hometown hero, has two local streets named after him. One by the before mentioned Middle School and the other — Charles Barkley Avenue — near ...

The Handmaid’s Tale has introduced its fair share of unsettling figures over the years, but none have shaken things up quite like Commander Wharton.

Two Lake Charles men wanted for second degree murder in connection with a Sunday night shooting are now in custody. Titus Tezeno, 22, turned himself in at the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office ...

Royal train will end 156 years of service as King Charles III seeks to economize The royal finances remain a topic of public debate, with Charles pledging to slim down the monarchy and cut costs ...

Jamaica will ask King Charles to request legal advice from the London-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the final court of appeal for UK overseas territories and some Commonwealth ...