Over five days starting July 21, 1969, producers of Sesame Street broadcast hour-long test-pilot episodes on WHYY-TV’S UHF ...

You're taking home the trophy for best gift-giver EVER this year.

One little bald eagle got the best gift for America's 250th birthday: a second chance. We first told you about the Ohio Bird Sanctuary last December, when the Mansfield-based group rescued a baby barn ...

Thousands of people gathered around San Diego Bay on the Fourth of July to watch the annual Big Bay Boom fireworks show and celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States. Locals and out-of-state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Celebrations were taking place across the country, including at this July Fourth parade in Bristol, Rhode Island (JOSEPH PREZIOSO) ...

A punishing heat wave threatened America's July Fourth celebrations, World Cup matches and power grids as near-record temperatures scorched the eastern United States on Friday. Around 160 million ...

The game the rest of the world knows as football is teaching America something about itself on its 250th birthday and reminding international visitors that the nation is far more welcoming and complex ...

In her quest to mark the nation’s 250th with a unifying dessert, Grace Pak had to navigate the pitfalls of a polarized Washington. Dismayed that the semiquincentennial celebrations included no plans ...

With America turning 250, birthday wishes abound. I had a birthday last month (not my semiquincentennial) and received not only cards from friends and family but also a flurry of email wishes. I don’t ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. In 1976, when America’s last big ...

Philip Gulley was 15 when the United States turned 200. His parents threw a big block party at their home in central Indiana, and Republican and Democratic neighbors alike celebrated the occasion.

Fourth of July weekend is shaping up to be a cultural moment of contrasting and comparing two of the most famous Americans, Taylor Swift and Donald Trump. By Jesse McKinley and Madison Malone Kircher ...