On that fateful day right before lunch, John Paul II rode slowly through St. Peter's Square in an open white jeep, and he ...

1920: “ Big Jim” Colosimo, father of the Chicago Outfit, was shot and killed by a person who had been hiding in a cloakroom ...

Printed in 868 CE and sealed in a cave for a millennium, the Diamond Sutra is the oldest dated printed book ever made., Books ...

1896: The Tribune received a scoop on the Spanish-American War via telegram: Cmdr. George Dewey’s “complete victory” at Manila Bay in the Philippines. Without losing a man or a ship, Dewey’s squadron ...

Founded 25 years ago, Wikipedia remains a rare internet presence with 65 million entries thanks to a global collective of ...

During the first circumnavigation of the globe, Ferdinand Magellan met his end on the island of Mactan. He became involved in a local dispute between rival chieftains and died in the ensuing battle.

Today in History, April 26: Explore the Chernobyl disaster, the legacy of Srinivasa Ramanujan, and South Africa’s historic end to apartheid rule. On this day, April 26 we remember the tragedy of the ...

Flags across Georgia are flying at half-staff following the death of a longtime metro Atlanta lawmaker. Gov. Brian Kemp ordered on Thursday U.S. and state flags lowered to honor David Scott, who died ...

Some oters in NJ are heading to the polls Thursday for a little-noticed but high-stakes special election to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill, in a race that has drawn ...

Live coverage of the NASA Artemis II splashdown will be at floridatoday.com/space. The Artemis II mission's Orion capsule is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific ...

It's Tuesday, which means it's Election Day in parts of Georgia, but not every voter across the state will be heading to the polls. It depends on where you live and whether a local or special election ...

Voters in northwest Georgia's 14th District will head to the polls Tuesday to choose a successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress. The special election went to a runoff after the first round of ...