Every country has its mythology. America’s is that we are a “nation of immigrants.” The Statue of Liberty, the country’s most iconic monument, stands tall in New York Harbor, welcoming “your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning...

On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert took a moment out of his special Paul McCartney broadcast to discuss the ongoing NSA revelations and growing outrage around the PRISM program. First,...

At the 1886 ceremony celebrating the official opening of New York's Statue of Liberty, president Grover Cleveland declared that the statue's torchlight would "pierce the darkness of ignorance and man's oppression until Liberty enlightens the...

Statue of Liberty While visiting New York City for Internet Week New York and the Webby Awards ceremony, I took an amazing helicopter tour of Manhattan and surrounding areas through Helicopter Flight Services. The tour takes off from the Downtown...

By Zak Stone These renderings of what the Statue of Liberty and the Jefferson Memorial will look like when sea levels rise give you an idea of how the world will change once the Arctic ice melts. Despite the fact that "extreme weather...

The Statue of Liberty is getting a facelift, though the changes aren’t only cosmetic. An upgraded "state of the art" security system will help keep Lady Liberty safe when it reopens soon. But what does the system entail, and could it...

In which we play the part of Politifact, fact checking Mitch McConnell's new ad claiming his voice is so powerful that when he spoke out against Obamacare, his words actually lit up the Statue of Liberty: Verdict: Three McTurtles On Fire If you...

NEW YORK -- Elaine Stritch would rather get on with it. The 88-year-old Broadway legend and New York icon – as much a fixture as the Statue of Liberty, but with a whole lot more to say – has made her way slowly into the Chelsea theater...

At the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and 28th Street in Los Angeles, you'll find Robert Oliver wearing a Statue of Liberty costume and dancing to promote Liberty Tax Service. "I'm never embarrassed to be out here," he says. "I'm proud of what I do."&

Seth Wenig / AP fileThe USS Iwo Jima passes the Statue of Liberty during Fleet Week in New York on May 25, 2011.By Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube, NBC NewsThe annual Fleet Week in New York City may not be canceled this year, but a U.S. Navy...

We live in a world that has been largely demystified. We've done a pretty good job of mapping all of the uncharted lands. We have located the Higgs Boson. We have mastered fire and sequenced the human genome. And while there are many things in...

The inscription at the base of the Statue of Liberty now specifically encompasses former members of the Eagles’ defensive line. Last month, the Giants signed Cullen Jenkins, a defensive tackle who had been jettisoned in Philadelphia.  Now,...

The sequester and other coming government cuts have led the federal government to sell naming rights to monuments and national parks.

Check out the destruction of the moon and the decaying Statue of Liberty, Washington Monument and Pentagon in two new trailers for Oblivion.

She has kept a lonely vigil over New York Harbor with no visitors except for a few workers since Hurricane Sandy. But last week, federal officials announced the Statue of Liberty would again welcome guests by July 4. Although Lady Liberty wasn’t...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. National Park Service is relocating security operations for the Statue of Liberty over the objections of the New York Police Department, saying on Friday it will move screening to Ellis Island from Manhattan when the...

New York City, NY — The Statue of Liberty has been closed to visitors since Hurricane Sandy devastated New York City in October, but the National Park Service announced Tuesday that the popular attraction will reopen by Independence...

Watching Sarah Palin’s canny performance at CPAC the other day—and particularly the moment she held up that Big Gulp in a Statue of Liberty pose after a provocative double entendre about her “rack”—two words came to mind: Lenny Bruce. In a...

Hurricane Sandy did serious harm to the Statue of Liberty's home—and there's no word on when tourists will be welcome again.

By Pete Breen and F. Brinley Bruton, NBC NewsA plane carrying magician and illusionist David Copperfield made an emergency landing in Peoria, Ill., early Monday after strange noises were heard.Copperfield, who is known for making the Statue of...