Columnist David Murdock looks at Benjamin Franklin, whose wit and wisdom have long fascinated him.

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination.

A new study merges physics with archival documents to figure out how the Founding Father’s printing network made distinct paper currency.

'Franklin' director Tim Van Patten, writers Kirk Ellis, Howard Korder on why Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father they would like to hang out with.

Here is a list of road closures and parking restrictions ahead of a massive Get Out the Vote concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Monday night.

Historians have spent centuries examining Benjamin Franklin’s groundbreaking inventions, but what if the Founding Father’s biggest discovery remained a secret? A new play imagines an alternate ...

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

Your fave illustration of Franklin’s kite experiment is likely riddled with errors Most date from 19th century and were heavily influenced by Joseph Priestley's 1767 account.

Benjamin Franklin, printer, philosopher, scientist, author, patriot and first citizen of Philadelphia, is America’s universal man.

Tel Aviv: Israel said that it has received the list of deceased hostages set to be released on Thursday. Following this, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed deep sorrow, acknowledging that ...