As a record-breaking heat wave sweeps across the central and eastern United States, two cities central to American independence have canceled their July 4 celebrations.

When a potluck sneaks up, this list helps fill the table with dips, pasta salads, casseroles, sides, and desserts that travel ...

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them ...

Eight-year-old Haley Goff, right, and her sister Kayla, 6, clear off a table July 5, 2011, after selling lemonade, Kool-Aid ...