As the Madison County Historical Society Membership Committee begins receiving annual membership renewals or new memberships in January, we are reminded of actress Sally Field. When she won an Academy ...

Nosferatu,’ starring Lily-Rose Depp, pays tribute to the occultism of the original 1922 film, which has an unusual story ...

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On November 3rd, 1957, the Soviet Union made history by launching the first living creature into Earth’s orbit: not a human, ...

After initially prosecuting those who tried to overthrow an election, Presidents Grant and Hayes backed down—with ...

Anderson plays an aging Vegas showgirl in the new movie from Gia Coppola. For so many reasons, it's a role only she could ...

As Prince Edward is set to attend the state funeral of Jimmy Carter, a look back at the history of British royals paying ...

Snowdrifts stranded the vehicle in the Sierra Nevada in January 1952, imprisoning 226 people traveling from Chicago to California How a lively market on Boston Harbor became part of many defining ...

Three magazines worth of gunfire shot into the air early in the morning on New Years Day in Savannah according to one ...

The comedian Louis C.K. has a bit about the word Jew being an unusual word—it can be both the perfectly correct term for a ...

Warning: spoilers ahead! 'The Challenge' season 40 female winners talk the show's historic first tie and how the Karma votes ...

A large-scale cyber-attack has targeted the information system of Slovakia’s land registry, impacting the management of land ...