On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th ...

1972: Forty-five people died when a United Airlines jet crashed into bungalows on West 70th Place while approaching Chicago’s ...

1924: Stateville prison in Joliet was dedicated. More than 2,000 people traveled to see what was then known as the world’s ...

Jays signed lefty reliever Randy Myers to a 3-year, $18 million contract. It was a curious signing (curious is an excellent ...

President Droupadi Murmu will become the first President to address the Odisha Legislative Assembly during her two-day state ...

For a few individuals, gambling is not a game or amusement, it’s also a profession, an identity and sometimes even the road to riches.

While President Donald Trump usually receives high approval marks in Tennessee, the president saw his approval rate dip ...

For the third time in about a decade, Memphis music lovers could hear the far-famed pianism of Alexander Brailowsky, ...

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On Nov. 29, 1864, a Colorado militia launched an unprovoked attack on an encampment of Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribal members, ...

Today in History for Dec. 16: In 1653, Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. In 1770, German composer Ludvig Van Beethoven, universally recognized as one of the ...

The quiet calm of a weekday morning in a Woodbridge, Virginia, neighborhood was suddenly interrupted Thursday by a loud siren, two Humvee-style vehicles and a group of SWAT-like figures in camouflage, ...