Before the first fireworks explode, America’s 250th birthday has already revealed something less ceremonial: a national celebration being reshaped in real time by weather, infrastructure limits and ...

Long before the first guests arrived, the New York Police Department closed streets surrounding the arena, restricted pedestrian access and rerouted traffic around Penn Station and Moynihan Train Hall ...

The 45th anniversary of Brian De Palma's film meets America's 250th, proving corruption is as American as apple pie.

Since Donald Trump has turned our nation’s 250th anniversary into a celebration of himself — complete with grift — let’s ...

Nevertheless, it’s an enlightening read in light of how dramatically war has changed in the last two-and-a-half centuries.

New reporting based on emergency dispatch audio suggests Sen. Mitch McConnell was treated for a cardiac arrest at his home last month, adding significant new detail to a hos ...

Replace that meddling figure with an industry that couldn’t wait for everybody to get over the fact that in 2017, C.K. admitted to masturbating in front of multiple women without their consent, and ...

As a pastime that took off in postwar America with the debut of the literally game-changing automatic pinsetter (alleys previously depended on a revolving stable of pinboys), bowling alleys shed their ...

As millions of Americans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, much of the Midwest and East Coast remains under a sprawling heat dome that is driving dangerous temperatures, disrupting travel and ...

I am an unabashed lover of the Fourth of July. I always have been. In 1992 I spent the holiday in jail trying to protect a confidential source. That wasn’t my favorite Fourth, though you’ll forgive my ...

Christina Aguilera, Chris Stapleton and Jelly Roll — real stars — headline July Fourth parties in liberal towns ...

In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important milestone that went unnoticed: For the first time, it decided more cases by secret ballot, and with few signed opinions, than ...