Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. During that summer, a 14-year-old Hermie befriended a woman named Dorothy, whose husband, Pete, went off to fight in the war. One evening ...

DANDRIDGE, DOROTHY (9 Nov. 1923-8 Sept. 1965), Cleveland-born black nightclub entertainer and movie actress, who earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination in 1954, was influenced by her mother, Ruby, a ...

Dorothy's Ruby Red Slippers from The Wizard of Oz are back on display at the National Museum of American History. Gamma Presse: MGM In 1939, sixteen-year-old Judy Garland donned a pair of ruby ...