Kuwaiti traveler Bader Al-Shuaib stands out as one of just 20 people worldwide who have visited every country and reached ...

So far, Pope Leo XIV has leaned fairly heavily into the legacy of his storied predecessor, Leo XIII, but he reflects Leo X.

The Many Lives of Anne Frank” is trenchant, elegant and relevant — beautifully written, almost like a novel. Franklin achieves the seemingly impossible: Allowing the reader to see the flesh-and-blood ...

Jazz bassist Ron Carter is 88. Singer Peggy Santiglia of The Angels is 81. Actor Richard Jenkins (“The Shape of Water”) is 78. Country singer Stella Parton is 76. Actor-turned-minister Hilly ...

Actor Alan Dale (“Lost,” ″Ugly Betty”) is 78. Actor Richard Cox (“Alpha House,” ″American Tragedy”) is 77. Actor Roma Downey (“Touched by an Angel”) is 65. Singer John ...

Igor Sikorsky was an outstanding aircraft designer of Ukrainian origin who became one of the key figures in American aviation. He was born on May 25, 1889, in Kyiv, then part of the Russian empire ...

Despite being the first pope from America, a country where the Catholic ... he was very much a pope of the people.” Others, like Leo’s longtime friend Mark R. Francis, the former president ...

People born under these stars are marked by a ceaseless curiosity. Seeking to learn through language, they are oxygenated by the new and novel and interested in the extremes of human possibility.

When Hicks won "American Idol" in 2006, he was briefly one of the most famous people in the US. The Wrap reported his season was the most successful in two ways: It has the highest ratings to date ...

“He came down several aisles, and eventually came to me, and I asked him I think the question a lot of people have, ‘What’s the importance of having an American pope?’ And he said to ...

Check out three surprisingly tame pastimes of famous rock stars ... but–as evidenced by this list–people have a way of surprising one another.

“As the senior adviser to the president on disasters and emergency management … I do not believe it is in the best interest of the American people to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management ...