Connie Francis, 87. The wholesome pop star’s 1950s and ’60s hits included “Pretty Little Baby” and “Who’s Sorry Now?” — the ...

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope.     The fatal shooting of conservative ...

Somewhere between Los Angeles and Palm Springs, rising from the desert like a mirage that refused to disappear, stands a pair of concrete dinosaurs so magnificently absurd they’ve become California ...

This book not only brings you folk stories, myths and details of local and cultural beliefs about these animals, but also information about the roles they play in shaping modern pop-culture and ...