Much of Mackinac Island was designated as a national park in 1875, but it proved to be too expensive for the government to maintain, so it was transferred to the State of Michigan in 1895 ...

Secretary of the Navy Adolph E. Borie, ordered the construction of the first torpedo station on Goat Island on June 9, 1869.

Rhode Island Governor John Collins was born on June 8, 1717 in Newport. In 1786, he became the third Governor of the State of ...

President Donald Trump says he's deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration ...

A criminal case in Alaska involving nearly a dozen people born in American Samoa is highlighting concerns about birthright citizenship and voting by people who are not U.S. citizens, issues that have ...

In 1933, 11 sugar plantations operated on Kauai: Kilauea, Kipu, Koloa, Lihue, Grove Farm, Makee, McBryde, (Hawaiian Sugar Co.