Nine new Mickey Mouse cartoons also are becoming public domain, two years after “Steamboat Willie” made the first version of ...

A year after their film debut, “The Cocoanuts,” entered the public domain, the Marx Brothers' beloved “Animal Crackers” joins ...

Nancy Drew, Betty Boop and the first version of what would become Pluto are among the countless creative works entering the public domain as their copyrights expire on New Year's Day.

Finding a potable water supply for its citizens has been a challenge for the tiny villages of Perryville and West Freedom but ...