Abstract: During the 1850s, the amount of farmland in the United States increased by 40 million hectares (100 million acres), or more than one-third. Moreover, almost 20 million hectares, an area ...

If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about the day-to-day of school ...

Rockport sits at the tip of Cape Ann, about 40 miles north of Boston, like a colorful thumbtack on the map of Massachusetts. Founded in 1690 as a timber and granite harvesting settlement, Rockport ...

Perched at the tip of Cape Ann like a jewel on Massachusetts’ crown, Rockport transformed from humble beginnings as a granite and timber settlement into one of America’s most beloved art colonies. The ...

This legislative district map was drawn by the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state. North Dakota officials were ordered by federal Judge Peter Welte to adopt the map, but an appeals court ...

Republican National Convention provided the young, burgeoning Chicago with perhaps its first real national recognition.

PRINCETON, Texas — North Texas' boomtown nature is no secret: The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. Now we have a bit more data to back that up.

The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North ...

Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy has announced an intimate run of North American shows for this fall. A Promised Return Tour will bring him to Canada for a pair of performances in Vancouver ...

Although he had promised—and campaigned on—a policy of American neutrality in World War II the year before, Roosevelt ached ...

Night - Clear. Winds from W to WSW at 10 to 11 mph (16.1 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be 53 °F (11.7 °C). Cloudy with a high of 64 °F (17.8 °C). Winds from W to WNW at 12 to 16 mph (19 ...

Feeding America’s annual ‘Map the Meal Gap’ study reveals more East Texans are food insecure. “The troubling part of it for us is that for adults, the number got worse,” says Emerson. “When folks are ...