Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country’s most enduring figures, ...

Samuel Langhorne Clemens may well have led a happier life if he had remained a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi. But then ...

In the late 19th century, a letter addressed to “Mark Twain, God Knows Where” was delivered to him. That was celebrity before ...

Manuel Miranda has announced the return of Ham4Ham! Pirates! star Jinkx Monsoon, Darren Criss and Helen J Shen of Maybe Happy ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick is a new novel from Ocean Vuong, one of the country’s most admired ...

An Australian local government has decided against repairing an often-vandalized monument to renowned British explorer James ...

At least 22 children were killed in Gaza overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday in a punishing series of Israeli airstrikes on ...

Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is introducing a bill that would allow the government to monitor, restrict, and penalize organizations it deems a threat to national sovereignty. The measure is a ...

The U.S. needs global trade. However, the country needs to be smart about the policies around it, including tariffs, one local expert says.

During an interview in late April with Dr. Phil, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterated his appeal to parents on vaccine safety: “We live in a democracy, and part of the ...

Four new graphic novels cover a gamut of subjects, from a serious-minded study of Charles Schulz’s artistic legacy to the quiet, creatively turbulent life of Jane Austen and a pair ...

Illinois teens are turning to alcohol and drug use at alarming rates. New research published May 8 from the University of Illinois finds that alcohol use among Illinois teens is now double the ...