Statue location honoring Robert Smalls at SC State House picked. Here’s where it will go
Robert Smalls, an enslaved man, commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War to bring slaves to freedom. Later, he ...
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The mayor’s on ‘union leave’ from CPS despite leaving CTU. Does that undermine contract talks?
Brandon Johnson hasn’t taught in CPS since 2011. But because of his leave status, he’s still accruing seniority in the ...
Jimmy Carter and Motown Founder Berry Gordy’s Surprising Connection
According to a detailed family history compiled by one of the former president’s sons, the two men shared a common ancestor ...
48 actors who completely transformed themselves into real-life music legends
From Timothée Chalamet in "A Complete Unknown" to Angelina Jolie in "Maria," these actors have filled the big boots (and ...
Fact Check: Biden Called Trump the Only President to Avoid Successor's Inauguration. Here's Why He Was Wrong
Rating: On Dec. 19, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden sat down for an interview with MeidasTouch News host Ben Meiselas ... to be impeached in 1868. In a biography of his successor, Ulysses S. Grant, Ron ...
2025’s top 10 movies, from Mission: Impossible 8 to 28 Years Later - and when you can see them
David Roy shares his pick of the year's biggest film releases, from Mission: Impossible 8 to 28 Years Later - and when you ...
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Stephen Carlson Puts The County On NFL Scoreboard
Below is the biography of Stephen Carlson, one of nine individuals who will comprise the 2025 induction class of the ...
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Always on the move, Rickey Henderson leaves legacy as one of baseball’s greatest showmen
Ryan has 17.2 percent more strikeouts than Randy Johnson, who ranks second ... (In his absorbing biography of Henderson — “Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original” — Howard ...
Four historic Shreveport Streets named after Texas Revolution leaders
Shreveport is older than Caddo Parish, which was created on January 18, 1838. The very first sheriff of Caddo Parish was Alexander Boyd Sterrett, the husband of Martha Bowie Sterrett.
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The Surprising Greatness of Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter has long been cast as one of America’s least-effective modern presidents—blamed for failing to tame inflation, solve the energy crisis, or free the American hostages in Tehran. His ...