Some books give Smith's birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed.

One hundred years ago this week, the radio barn dance that came to be known as the Grand Ole Opry was first broadcast from ...

Nell Chennault Calloway, granddaughter of General Claire Lee Chennault, the legendary commander of the Flying Tigers, said ...

The debut book by legal historian Severin Wirz, “Bribery Beyond Borders: The Story of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” is ...

White Eagle banquet hall was the social center of Chicago’s Polish community for decades. Now it has served its last pierogi.

Country singer Gary Morris, who scored a string of No. 1 hits in the '80s, was born Dec. 7, 1948, in Fort Worth, Texas.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott is marking its 70th anniversary. For 381 days, an estimated 40,000 Black Alabama residents stayed ...

Look, we don’t like this any more than you do, but it’s that time of year when we’re compelled to discuss Jimmy Fallon’s ...

The revolutionary Samuel Adams is credited with writing the document in 1777. It referred to “a just and necessary war” ...

The Imperial Valley might be the best place in the world to grow beets. What went wrong with the California industry?

He knows virtually everything about the presidents — from the toothpaste they use to the mattress they sleep on — and now ...

Though Barack attended both Jimmy Carter's funeral and Donald Trump's inauguration in January, Michelle has been focused on life outside of politics this year, previously saying she's practicing the ...