There is a mismatch between the kind of oil the U.S. produces and what our refineries can currently handle. It is the root cause of higher gasoline prices here. Oil prices eased as ceasefire talks ...

While the reigns of George I and II had been marked by a royal detachment from the administration of American colonies, King George III asserted his claim on the colonies strenuously. The king saw the ...

George Catlin set out to reach "every tribe of Indians on the Continent of North America," and to produce "faithful portraits...views of their villages, games, &c." His Sioux Encamped on the Upper ...

George Emil Palade, universally hailed as the founder of modern cell biology for his many discoveries and insights into the structure and function of eukaryotic cells, died on 7 October at the age of ...

The filmmaker became a father for the first time in 1981 Vince Bucci/Getty Throughout his career, George Lucas brought to life two of the most renowned franchises in cinematic history: Star Wars and ...

For Americans, the world seemed to turn upside down in 1968. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in April. In response, race riots broke out in some 125 cities across the nation; the riot in ...