Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 ...

Metal Detecting Lost Camp of Andrew Jackson - Part 3 is a search for camp used by Jackson, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston ...

Lost Camp of Andrew Jackson and Davy Crockett - Metal Detecting Part 2 . What metal detecting finds will be dug this week? In this series, we are on the search for the lost camps of Andrew Jackson and ...

World Health Organization officials declared the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak -- later to be dubbed COVID-19 -- a public health emergency of international concern.

The taunting post was just one in a recent string of comments from Trump suggesting that the United States annex Canada and ...

Over the next four weeks, the D.C. area comes alive with events highlighting contributions made by the Black community, ...

For half a century, Diedra Glabus lived a quiet life in the small town of Taber, Alta., three hours southeast of Calgary.

In 1835, a gunman attempted to shoot President Andrew Jackson near the U.S. Capitol and was subdued by a crowd, marking the first presidential assassination attempt.

Feeling a little stir-crazy during the pandemic, author Andrew Lawler took a trip to visit his mom back in his hometown of ...

Andrew Jackson, from Tennessee, was a forceful proponent of Indian removal. In 1814 he commanded the U.S. military forces that defeated a faction of the Creek nation. In their defeat, the Creeks ...

Garrett, 29, is again a finalist for the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award, which he won last year. This past season, Garrett became the youngest player to reach 100 career sacks and the first ...

The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall of the Oval Office, put up in time to greet President Donald Trump as ...