Do you know why Jackson is the state capital? The city was founded in 1821. Here's this history of how it became the seat of ...

This video tracks the moment old legitimacy began to fail, as Enlightenment ideas, the French Revolution, and Napoleon reshaped what nations believed they were. Then the Industrial Revolution and a ...

He was an official in the revolutionary government, then, after the country won independence from France, was imprisoned and ...

Brigitte Bardot, one of cinema’s most iconic sex symbols who quit the business to focus on activism, has died at age 91. “The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announces with immense sadness the death of its ...

PBS has extended Ken Burns’ free streaming window for his history docuseries “The American Revolution,” following its ratings success. The 12-hour documentary series, directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein ...

Each cell in a plant, animal, or person contains millions, or even billions, of DNA base pairs—molecules connected by hydrogen bonds that are the building blocks of DNA. These base pairs collectively ...

Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Brentwood, Calif., home on Dec. 14 Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

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The six-episode, 12-hour extravaganza, The American Revolution: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt, closes with a famous passage written by the esteemed Philadelphia physician, Dr.

Nick Reiner, 32, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. More details are coming to light about the timeline of the alleged murders of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and wife Michele ...