In a state so often bitterly divided along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they ...

Don Gaetz recalled racing out of a meeting with the then-House speaker to witness Thompson bringing to life the story of pioneering Black female aviator Bessie Coleman. “I didn’t know the story.

Coleman Hawkins' college basketball career came to an emotional end Wednesday night. The former Illinois Fighting Illini player cried and expressed disappointment in himself after Kansas State (16 ...

The UEFA Europa League quarter-final line-up is complete after Lyon, Manchester United, Rangers and Tottenham joined Athletic Club, Bodø/Glimt, Eintracht Frankfurt and Lazio in the last eight.

In its Arts of the Americas gallery, the Chicago museum has been acquiring more works by women artists, making surprising discoveries and shining a light on some more-obscure items already in its ...

Her last recording was made in 1991. The only one of our 25 best female jazz singers of all time to be born in the 19th Century, Bessie Smith was buried in an unmarked grave after dying ...