1976: Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley — who held the office for 21 years — died of a heart attack. On that frigid Monday, ...

Sixty-seven years ago today, Conway Twitty was at No. 1 in the United Kingdom with a song that almost didn't see the light of day.

The Day Eisenhower’s Christmas Message Beamed Down from Outer Space On December 19, 1958, Americans scanning the radio waves ...

Notable people born on this day include Oscar-winning actor Brad Pitt, “Bad Guy” singer Billie Eilish and “Dawson’s Creek” ...

On Dec. 18, 1929, Tom Averill — better known as “Tom Vernon” or “Buffalo” Tom — was sentenced to life in state prison ...

“Uncharted Territory” provides an entertaining and empirical look at how the Billboard chart has changed over the decades.

On the University of Alabama campus, you’ll see one year referenced over and over: 1831. The school opened for business and began classes April 18, 1831. But it was actually founded a decade earlier ...

1971: The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced the formation of Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity, later changed to ...

Update: Republican Matt Van Epps has defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District race, the Associated Press projects. Read more here. Washington — Voters are heading to the ...

Someone has hit the pause button on holiday joy. Stocks fell to start December after five straight days of gains. The S&P 500 was down 0.5%, Dow was down 0.9%, while the Nasdaq fell 0.4%. Losses were ...

On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was shot to death during a motorcade in Dallas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, riding in the same car as Kennedy, was ...

A monument honoring Oklahoma City civil rights leader Clara Luper and participants in the 1958 Katz Drug Store sit-in was damaged by vandalism, authorities say. The monument’s developers say it now ...