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 ...

U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents. The federal ...

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 ...

What do the Peace Corps, desegregation of the military, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II have in common? They were all established by presidential executive orders.

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

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The term is a reference to a promise made to formerly enslaved Black Americans that was revoked after the Civil War and ...

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

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 ...

Saunders’ novel, about the death of President Abraham Lincoln’s son William Wallace Lincoln, takes place between life and rebirth. Mason Bates’ “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay ...

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

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 ...