Chief Justice John Roberts touted the independence of the federal judiciary as a “counter-majoritarian check” and urged Americans rattled by partisan politics to keep faith with the Constitution in an ...

There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical location, usually associated with where one grew up. It extends from ...

The U.S. military launched airstrikes on several Islamic State targets in Syria on Dec. 19, following the deaths of two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter last week. U.S. forces struck "ISIS ...

A power outage at Independence’s Courtney Bend Water Plant has left parts of the city without water and the rest with low water pressure, a city spokesperson said Monday. Independence, Missouri A ...

A new exhibit is coming to the Charleston Museum next month that looks at the Revolutionary War and Charleston’s role in it — from the siege and British occupation to the Battle of Sullivan’s Island. ...

In 2022, Excela Health announced a merger with Butler Health System. It was all about taking the two organizations and giving them “the requisite scale to accelerate and elevate its relevancy … in the ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Graeme Mack, University of Richmond (THE CONVERSATION) The Declaration of Independence ...

Highland Road is closed on the afternoon of Dec. 2 south of Independence due to law enforcement activity, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. According to a post by Polk County Sheriff’s, ...

Students at Nipmuc Regional High School in Upton recently had a rare opportunity to view two handwritten copies of the Declaration of Independence, a pairing that hasn’t occurred in nearly 250 years.