Winter

President John F. Kennedy stated December 17, 1962: "Christmas ... is the most sacred and hopeful day in our civilization." For over 2,000 years, Christmas has been one of...

[pWashington lost the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, and was force to retreat toward Philadelphia. Near the same time, British General Burgoyne's troops marched south from Canada toward Albany, New York,...

In 1788, poet Robert Burns published an ancient Scottish folk song "Auld Lang Syne," meaning "in days of old gone by." A similar poem was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in...

Frederick the Great of Prussia called these ten days "the most brilliant in the world's history." After winning the Battle of Trenton, Christmas Day evening, 1776, George Washington's 1,200...

LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... "The power to tax involves the power to destroy," wrote Chief Justice John Marshall, McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819. Perhaps no one had...

Record-breaking cold weather and winter storms have canceled some events just ahead of the Iowa Caucuses.

Chinese police have arrested Peter Shao Zhumin, an underground Catholic bishop.

Hospitals across the United States have begun implementing mask mandates amid an increase in respiratory infections.

Three federal agencies issued a public safety warning this week, saying that the threat of violence in the United States is heightened through the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war with Russia is now in a new stage as winter is expected to "complicate fighting."