James Franklin sat at the table in his second-floor office, taking a moment to think. He had already spent the better part of the last hour talking about his childhood ...

Established in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as postmaster general, the postal service predates the United States itself.

Discover who Benjamin Franklin was, his groundbreaking inventions of the lightning rod and bifocals, influential books, and key achievements in this article.

Darwin Benjamin FRANKLIN OBITUARY FRANKLIN Darwin Benjamin (Ben), Age 95, went peacefully with our Lord on Sunday, April 20, 2025, while at home and surrounded by his family.

The Franklin Public Library displays a re-creation of the letter sent by Benjamin Franklin that set in motion the gift that established the first free lending library in America.

Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States, came to symbolize for many what it meant to be an American during the Revolutionary War with his unadorned clothes and speech, quick wit, and ...

John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, Boston’s starring founders, couldn’t stand each other.

Lawmaker Eddie Farnsworth will net $13.9 million by selling his Benjamin Franklin charter-school chain, and he'll keep making money as a consultant.

As America enters the second Trump era, these 6 Benjamin Franklin lessons offer a roadmap for healing America’s divisions.

Would Franklin regret what he did? EW: Yes, he did write many spoofs but, in Franklin style, I respectfully disagree with your premise. Franklin’s parodies were very different from fake news.

In the concluding chapter of “Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist,” Richard Munson summarizes the many Franklins that have been offered up to the reading public over the years.

A new biography of Franklin, titled Ingenious, dispels some of the misunderstandings about that experiment and about Franklin’s science more broadly.