The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. Since its independence in 1776, the U.S. territory has expanded ...

While many Americans are in the midst of "dry January," Jan. 17 once marked the start of a dry 13 years-- for all Americans -- a century ago. The 18th Amendment went into effect on Jan. 17, 1920, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The last time I was in The Cave I began wondering, given how prevalent Prohibition-era speakeasies appear to have been, what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Dec. 10, 2019, file photo a woman holding an umbrella passes the Carrie Nation lounge in Boston, titled after the namesake ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially took hold on Jan. 17, 1920, a victory for the nation’s temperance movement, plunging the nation into Prohibition. The ...

On January 20, 1920, prohibition became the law of the land in the United States and the production, transportation and sale of alcohol became illegal. Milwaukee is famous, or perhaps infamous, for ...

It backfired faster than you can say Machine Gun Kelly. History books have dubbed the decade that preceded the Volstead Act as an era of “Bootlegging and Gangsterism.”As it turns out, just because ...

When it comes to public health, we should follow the facts and science, as opposed to political posturing. If history has taught us anything, it’s that prohibition is rarely the answer when addressing ...