U.S. News | World News Here are the key events in business and science news for the month of February 2009. Macy's Cutting 7,000 Jobs (Feb. 2): Department store Macy's…
Immigrants having an eye exam at Ellis Island. Source: Library of Congress
The U.S. is a nation of immigrants. The first wave of immigrants to colonial America,…
World News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of May 2009. Longshot Mine That Bird Wins Kentucky Derby (May 2): A 50–1…
(Encyclopedia) Locke, Gary, 1950–, American politician and government official, b. Seattle. The son and grandson of Chinese immigrants, he graduated from Yale (B.A., 1972) and Boston Univ. Law School…
(Encyclopedia) Bears Ears National Monument, 201,876 acres (81,696 hectares), SE Utah; est. 2016. Named for prominent twin buttes, the national monument as proclaimed by President Obama was more than…
