Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

Just over 50 years ago, paleontologist Donald Johnson unearthed the remains of "Lucy," an ancient human relative who lived more than 3 million years ago. Now, another group of scientists have found ...

Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The name Presidents Day became the unofficial name with the changing the date of the holiday, according to the National Archives. With the holiday moved to the ...

The Los Angeles Opera dropped a contemplated world premiere for the second straight season in a cost-cutting move, and Missy Mazzoli’s “Lincoln in the Bardo” will instead open at New York’s ...

Phillip Stone, a Harrisonburg lawyer who has served as president of Bridgewater College and Sweet Briar College, holds an ...

The term is a reference to a promise made to formerly enslaved Black Americans that was revoked after the Civil War and ...

Carl Grimes, played by Chandler Riggs, was one of the most important characters in the zombie apocalypse show The Walking Dead.

February is an odd month, and it’s a short one, too. While most months have 30 or 31 days, February usually has 28, with the exception of leap year having 29. We are still in winter in February with ...

On Saturday evening, the gala brought together Robin Thicke, Jackie Cruz from Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, actress Julieth Restrepo, Nicholas Chavez from Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik ...

RFK Jr. is one of the most prominent faces in the Kennedy family tree. But how is he related to the other famous names?

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Welcome to Chartreuse & co, a treasure trove of antiques nestled in Frederick, Maryland, where the past comes alive in the ...