A former Nixon official (and later a novelist), he led an investigation in which a shadowy Watergate figure squirmed when ...

She transformed the New York Public Library’s collection of charts and atlases into one of the world’s largest and most ...

The decision by Chad is another blow to what remained of France’s military influence in the troubled stretch of countries ...

Her own rags-to-riches story mirrored those of many of her resilient heroines, and her dozens of novels helped her amass a ...

The former sheriff, Shawn Stines, was indicted last week after a local judge was shot to death in his chambers in September.

On June 9, 1950, the day that his obituary appears on the front page of the Birmingham World, that black newspaper also runs a banner headline, "U.S. Court Bans Segregation in Diners and Higher ...

Frommer democratised travel by breaking down intimidating hurdles like not speaking the language or looking out of place.

While never a big star, he was a recognizable one, with roles in “The Twilight Zone,” “Giant,” “Forbidden Planet” and the ...

A member of one of the U.S. Army’s all-Black regiments, formed after the Civil War, he trained West Point cadets in ...

Musician, singer, songwriter, producer and more, he collaborated with Madonna and a raft of other artists and helped ...

Her Haight-Ashbury clothing store was ground zero for the counterculture. But she was best known for a tawdry book — which ...

Along with his fellow filmmakers David and Jerry Zucker, he revolutionized film comedy with a straight-faced, fast-paced ...