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The United States Portal The United States of America is a federal republic of 50 states, a capital district, and a few other territories. It resides mostly in central North America. The U.S. has three land borders, two with Canada and one with Mexico, and is otherwise bounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. Of the 50 states, only Alaska and Hawaii are not contiguous with any other state. The U.S. also has a collection of districts, territories, and possessions around the world. Each state has a high level of local autonomy according to the system of federalism. The United States traces its national origin to the declaration by 13 British colonies in 1776 that they were free and independent states. They were recognized as such by the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Since then, the nation has grown to become a global superpower and exerts a high level of economic, political, military, and cultural influence. Selected article The Battle of Midway was a pivotal naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It took place from June 4 to June 7, 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, and six months after the Empire of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor that had led to a formal state of war between the United States and Japan. During the battle, the United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll (located northwest of Hawaii) and destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers and a heavy cruiser while losing a carrier and a destroyer. The battle was a crushing defeat for the Japanese and is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of World War II. The battle permanently weakened the Japanese Navy, particularly through the loss of over 200 naval aviators. Strategically, the U.S. Navy was able to seize the initiative in the Pacific and go on the offensive. Did you know? ... that the two largest Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir trees in the United States survived the B&B Complex Fires (pictured) that burned 90,769 acres (367.33 km2) of forest in the Cascade Range of Oregon? ... that in 1929 the Hudson Motor Car Company ranked third in total U.S. production by targeting budget minded buyers, but introduced the Greater Eight, a premium line of cars, at the height of the Depression? ... that Ben Cooper, Inc., the "Halston of Halloween", said it sold a scary 4 million Halloween costumes in the United States in 1990? Selected society biography Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (/ˈhɪləri daɪˈæn ˈrɒdəm ˈklɪntən/; born October 26, 1947) is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. In the 2008 election, Clinton was a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. A native of Illinois, Hillary Rodham first attracted national attention in 1969 for her remarks as the first student commencement speaker at Wellesley College. She embarked on a career in law after graduating from Yale Law School in 1973. Following a stint as a Congressional legal counsel, she moved to Arkansas in 1974 and married Bill Clinton in 1975. Rodham cofounded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families in 1977 and became the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978. Named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979, she was twice listed as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America. First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992 with husband Bill as Governor, she successfully led a task force to reform Arkansas's education system. She sat on the board of directors of Wal-Mart and several other corporations. Selected quote Anniversaries for March 22 1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. 1622 – Algonquian Indians kill 347 settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, in the Jamestown massacre. 1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies. 1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment. 1933 – President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine. 1941 – Washington State's Grand Coulee Dam (pictured) begins to generate electricity. 1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser. Selected image An animated map of the territorial evolution of the Confederate States of America, from the first secession to end of Reconstruction. Eleven southern states broke away from the union beginning in 1861, triggering the American Civil War. Selected location Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. Known as the Twin Cities, these two cities form the core of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States, with about 3.2 million residents. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population of the city of Minneapolis at 369,051 people in 2006. Abundantly rich in water, the city has twenty lakes and wetlands, the Mississippi riverfront, creeks and waterfalls, many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway. Minneapolis was once the world's flour milling capital and a hub for timber. The community's diverse population has a long tradition of charitable support through progressive public social programs and through private and corporate philanthropy. The name Minneapolis is attributed to the city's first schoolmaster, who combined mni, the Dakota word for water, and polis, the Greek word for city. Minneapolis is nicknamed the City of Lakes and the Mill City. Selected culture biography Bradley Joseph (born Willmar, Minnesota) is an American composer, arranger, and producer of contemporary instrumental music. His compositions include works for orchestra, quartet, and solo piano, with his musical style ranging from "quietly pensive mood music to a rich orchestration of classical depth and breadth". Active since 1983, he played various instruments in rock bands throughout the Midwest until 1989 when Greek composer Yanni hired him for his next tour, sight unseen, based on a tape of his own compositions. He was a featured concert keyboardist with Yanni through six major tours and appears in the 1994 multi-platinum album and video, Yanni Live at the Acropolis. Joseph then reunited with Yanni in 2003 for the 60-city Ethnicity tour. He also spent four years as musical director and lead keyboardist for Sheena Easton, including a 1995 performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In 1994, Joseph's solo career began when he independently released Hear the Masses, featuring many of his Yanni bandmates. This debut release was followed by Rapture, an instrumental album recorded with a 50-piece orchestra, in which Joseph wrote and conducted all of the scores. It was released on the Narada label and reached NAV's "Airwaves Top 30". He has produced 15 albums, DVDs, and numerous piano books under his own record label, Robbins Island Music. Two of these albums, Christmas Around the World and One Deep Breath, also held positions on NAV’s Top 100 radio chart. His music is included in numerous various-artist compilation albums, most recently the 2008 release of The Weather Channel Presents: Smooth Jazz II. In the news Wikinews United States portal March 15: Former Trump advisor, Paul Manafort, receives second sentence in U.S. Federal Court March 5: SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docks with International Space Station February 25: Texas federal judge says drafting only men violates United States Constitution February 23: Zebra stripes may 'dazzle' pathogen-packing horse flies, say scientists February 21: Sixteen states sue U.S. President Trump to stop declaration of emergency for border wall February 11: Pioneering oceanographer Walter Munk dies of pneumonia in California February 7: Nevada becomes first state in U.S. with majority-female legislature January 26: US study finds correlation between youth suicide, household gun ownership January 23: Germany bans Mahan Air of Iran, citing 'security' January 22: Former U.S. intelligence agent Tony Mendez, architect of 'Argo' rescue, dies at 78 January 12: Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources January 7: President Trump says he 'can' and 'may' put US into state of emergency to build border wall January 6: Senator Ted Cruz proposes amendment to U.S. Constitution setting Congressional term limits January 5: Florida highway pileup, fire kills five children, two truck drivers January 4: Nancy Pelosi again elected Speaker as 116th U.S. Congress sworn in December 25: US warns Spain of Christmas bus ramming plot in Barcelona November 29: NASA's InSight Lander makes it to Mars November 26: US National Climate Assessment warns of climate-related damages to economy, ecosystems, human health November 5: Storm causes building wall at Amazon.com warehouse to collapse November 4: Convicted double murderer executed by electric chair in Tennessee, US Categories Select ► to view subcategories ▼ United States ► States of the United States ► United States-related lists ► Buildings and structures in the United States ► American culture ► Economy of the United States ► Education in the United States ► Environment of the United States ► Geography of the United States ► Government in the United States ► Health in the United States ► History of the United States ► Organizations based in the United States ► American people ► Politics of the United States ► American society ► United States stubs Selected panorama Night panorama of the Las Vegas Strip, featuring Project City Center construction to the right Featured content Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/Recognized content As of 22 March 2019, there are 7003118500000000000♠1,185 featured and 7003300100000000000♠3,001 good articles within WikiProject United States scope. This makes up 5.41% of the articles on Wikipedia, 13.34% of all featured articles and lists, and 10.23% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etcetera, there are 7006102126200000000♠1,021,262 pages in the project. Featured culture biographies: Actors and filmmakers – James Thomas Aubrey, Jr. • Kroger Babb • Eric Bana • Joseph Barbera • Bette Davis • Kirsten Dunst • Judy Garland • Jake Gyllenhaal • Maggie Gyllenhaal • Anthony Michael Hall • William Hanna • Phil Hartman • Ethan Hawke • Katie Holmes • Janet Jackson • Michael Jackson • Angelina Jolie • Diane Keaton • Madonna (entertainer) • Austin Nichols • Brad Pitt • Nancy Reagan • Ronald Reagan • Aaron Sorkin • KaDee Strickland • Sharon Tate • Reese Witherspoon • Anna May Wong; Arts and entertainment – James Robert Baker • William D. 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