Also in 1976: The Great Ape House, which included six indoor habitats and a nursery plus an outdoor habitat, opened at ...

The event will bring street closures, security checkpoints, hundreds of military vehicles and thousands of marching troops.

As hundreds of people gathered on a rain-splashed morning outside the Lincoln Memorial for a rally and march on the final day ...

Thousands of Coloradans are expected to turn out on Saturday to stage protests against recent immigration crackdowns and ...

Did Al Capone have an outpost in the Everglades? How do inanimate stones manage to slide across the flat landscape of Death ...

Further evidence of what NPS has in store at the Jefferson Memorial can be found a few yards to the southwest along the Tidal ...

More than a decade after a Grossmont College student was fatally stabbed, the suspect faces a San Diego judge after ...

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to The Independent’s request for comment on the matter.

Also around the area this weekend, a big prize for fastest dinosaur at the Field Museum and a busy weekend at Ravinia ...

From stunning vistas to breathtaking beauty, these are USA Today's Most Treasured Views in Illinois. Here’s how to see them.

Benjamin Harrison set aside the first national forest reserves in 1891, creating the framework for conservation of today's national forests. Our nation's most celebrated conservation champion, ...

The memorials to Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt inspire the call to public service, which is also needed locally.