In new book 'The Jew Who Would Be King,' historian Adam Rovner tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, who survived a shipwreck ...

Virginia Giuffre, who accused disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein and Britain's Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, has taken ...

Pope Francis’ tomb is made of Ligurian (Italian) marble with the sole inscription “FRANCISCUS” and a reproduction of his ...

Julia Child didn’t just cook meals - she told stories with food. In this video, I recreate one of her most whimsical menus: a ...

Violets are in bloom right now, and the little purple flowers are just about everywhere. They are a source of beauty and, for some, state pride. The violet is the state flower of Illinois, chosen in ...

More than three weeks after an Israeli military ambush killed 15 of her husband's fellow medics, Nafiza al-Nsasrah says she ...

Ingmar Bergman is one of the greatest directors of all time, but the filmmaker described the one film he made that didn't ...

One hundred years after he was born, we salute the fury and intensity of Rod Steiger’s presence on screen, from On the Waterfront to In the Heat of the Night.

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A funeral in the US took a terrifying turn when the coffin being carried collapsed into the grave along with the pallbearers. The incident happened at Greenmount Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...

With its A-list residents and a remarkable history, Père Lachaise holds its own against even the City of Love’s top museums ...