Between 1892 and 1954, most immigrants arriving in the United States passed through New York’s Ellis Island control center. For those fleeing poverty and war, the “island of tears” was also ...

A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the statue can be admired from several different vantage points around Manhattan, including ...

Planning to look into your family's history as a 2025 resolution? There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island passenger searches you can do online, to digitized census records ...

Fort Worth’s powerful optimists first fleshed out plans for the venture the year before. Moncrief and fellow proponents hailed the undertaking, later rechristened Panther Island, as “the most ...

A section of historic Fort Fisher that was ripped apart to create an Army airfield during World War II has been restored. It took three months to recreate the feature. Fort Fisher State Historic ...

North Crowley wide receiver Quentin Gibson (6) gets past a tackle after a reception in the first quarter of the UIL 6A Division I championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Saturday ...

Mel Gibson is "surprised" President-elect Donald Trump named him a "special ambassador" to Hollywood. The "Braveheart" star told entertainment outlet Variety on Thursday that he was ready to serve ...

However, Gibson is prepared to perform his duties — whatever they may be. "Nevertheless, I heed the call," he says. "My duty as a citizen is to give any help and insight I can. Any chance the ...

“It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone, to be Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California,” President-elect Trump wrote ...

paratrooper specialist Enrique Roman-Martinez disappeared while camping on an island on the Outer Banks with half a dozen other soldiers from Fort Bragg. His decapitated remains washed ashore ...

THERE was a double dose of Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the box last night - but some Brit viewers branded her BBC performance as "awkward and breathless". The Murder on the Dancefloor star, 45 ...