Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Americans had become so complacent about the dangers of space travel that when Congressman Bill Nelson spent six days orbiting the ...

The State of the Union has marked sweeping policy shifts and campaign whims and has captured the mood of the country during a crisis.

Reagan himself learned of the tragedy just before the traditional State of the Union lunch with television network anchors. Acting press secretary Larry Speakes was giving Reagan some last-minute ...