On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed ...

New York state's top court put an end Thursday to New York City's effort to empower noncitizens to vote in municipal elections. In a 6-1 ruling, the high court said “the New York constitution as ...

For decades the world lived on typewriters. A product of the 18th century, modern technology gave us computers, and the ...

Historian Dennis Connors' new book, "The Gilded Age on Syracuse’s James Street," shares the stories of 20 glamorous Gilded ...

New York City's subway map, famous but illegible to tourists, has finally been redesigned. The new map is much like one ...

An unmatched expert in the language of New Netherland, Gehring is retiring after 50 years interpreting colonial Dutch to ...

The map echoes a short-lived 1972 map created by Massimo Vignelli. That version, designed as a service map, introduced ...

World Series champions the Los Angles Dodgers moved to California in 1958 after becoming one of Major League Baseball's biggest franchises in Brooklyn, New York ...

What does he think Soto saw in the Mets that convinced him to change New York boroughs? “I think Alex and Steve Cohen are very compelling owners,” Rodriguez said. “They have a really big ...

LOS ANGELES -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden State.

The massive lack of movie theaters in the borough — where only one film house ... Matthew McDermott The new cineplex – which is revamped with reclining seats and surround-sound – is a ...

The Shanti House project might be getting a new owner. During the Tuesday, March 18, Stroudsburg Borough Council meeting, Borough Manager Lawrence Kopp reported that the project has an interested ...