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One of the lesser-known provisions of the Energy Bill would expand daylight savings time by two months. We look at the history — and possible future — of springing forward.

The first great flu pandemic was in 1918, and it killed 40 million people. John Barry, the author of The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History, talks about the lessons learned from the world's response to that crisis.

Is history repeating itself? Ten years ago Long-Term Capital Management failed. Roger Lowenstein, author of When Genius Failed says the biggest lesson was not to go too far into debt.

The Detroit Auto Show opens today amid one of the gloomiest periods in the modern history of the city's auto business.

After taking the oath of office with his hand on Abraham Lincoln's Bible, President Barack Obama called the nation to remake America. More than one million people gathered on the National Mall to witness history on Tuesday.

Over the past 100 years, the U.S. Postal Service has met a slew of formidable challengers from the telephone to the Internet. In recent years, the Postal Service has seen a sharp decline in mail. Follow the history of mail and the U.S. Postal Service over the past century in this interactive timeline.

How well do you know Barbie from J. Robert Oppenheimer? What may be the "dumbest political move in history"? And why is that animal doing that?!

President Joe Biden hosts Elton John for a performance at the White House on Friday — a bit of a thumb in the eye for superfan former President Donald Trump.

For the first time in NASCAR's 75-year history, stock car drivers raced on a true street circuit. Sunday's race in Chicago, was part of the sport's efforts to find new audiences.

Academics, activists and Black history advocates were in Jacksonville, Fla. last week where they showed defiance of educational policies that ban books and discourage knowledge about Black history.