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Before true crime and reality TV, there was the Paris Morgue—where crowds queued to see the dead. It was the first of its ...

Ken Burns’ The American Revolution debuts on PBS Nov. 16. A tie-in book, The American Revolution: An Intimate History by ...

From glowing neon to crystal-clear blue waters, the Silver State has a countless variety of breathtaking vistas. Here are ...

Since the best book recommendations come from friends, WBEZ asked seven very literary locals what books they're reading for ...

When I learned recently that France will soon ban smoking outside—banishing it from under lonely streetlamps and on park benches, where a last puff could be shared between lovers—it seemed that some ...

Matt Brocklebank can't help but feel a touch underwhelmed by Saturday's Derby and turns his focus to an unexposed filly who could yet light up the mile division.

Moving it down here gives us an opportunity to … really try to get the exposure for Molly Brown that she deserves,” ...

The prolific biographer Ron Chernow has chronicled the Missouri author's life in a new book titled simply "Mark Twain," that’s already hit the top of The New York Times best-sellers list.