The Fourth of July holiday, also known as Independence Day, celebrates the Second Continental Congress' unanimous adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

There are almost 20 million acres of crops in the state, mostly producing corn, soybeans and sugar beets for a variety of uses, including food and fuel.

Three former El Salvador military officers were given lengthy prison sentences late Thursday over the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the country's civil war.

Naomi Osaka might be more comfortable on grass courts these days but she will once again leave Wimbledon in the third round after a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 loss to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Friday.

Mohammed Siraj removed Joe Root and Ben Stokes in successive balls before England counterattacked through Harry Brook and century-maker Jamie Smith to reach 249-5 at lunch on Day 3 of the second test ...