Lafayette was named one of 24 winners in the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2025-2026 Mayors Challenge, a global competition that recognizes innovative local government solutions. The city will receive ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda wants to apologize for how “Encanto” (2021), the Disney film on the magical Madrigal family, ended. He was just running out of time. “It’s April, the movie’s coming out in November, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marquis de Lafayette was part French nobleman, part American patriot. (Wikimedia Commons) As the United States approaches the ...

Black spies used their invisibility in plain sight to carry out some of the nation’s most important war efforts. When most people think of history’s American spies, they imagine a sleuthy white man, ...

25 Historic Taverns To Visit For America 250 There’s nothing quite like dining in one of the historic taverns where the Founders once dined.

Edward Mitchell was recognized for teaching juniors about fox hunting's history and respect for the land. Mitchell has a notable lineage, with ancestors including Pocahontas, Thomas Jefferson, and ...

Seven foreign-born heroes helped win the American Revolution and shaped America’s fight for independence in ways history ...

Enslaved spy, James Armistead Lafayette risks all helping secure victory at Yorktown. James Armistead Lafayette, an enslaved man turned double agent, risked his life to spy on the British, delivering ...

In celebration of New York State History and Archives Month, this episode follows the trail of the Marquis de Lafayette, the orphaned member of one of France’s oldest and wealthiest families who ...

The Marquis de Lafayette volunteered his service and assets — his heart and soul — to aid the American Revolution. The starry-eyed young Frenchman was commissioned by Congress as a major general in ...