Recorded by Franklin in New York City in 1967 with members of The Swampers, Aretha’s singing transformed the song, which ...

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On December 7, 1909, Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland’s process patent for making Bakelite was granted, two years after ...

A book revives the largely forgotten story of how one of America’s most famous founding fathers tried to make Canada a part ...

The German poet’s dauntingly eclectic accomplishments were founded on a tireless interrogation of how a life should be lived.

If you’re know-it-all cousin tries to tell you Benjamin Franklin wanted the country’s national symbol to be a turkey, rather than a Bald Eagle, between spoonfuls of mashed potatoes this Thanksgiving, ...

Elon Musk is now teasing the idea of writing an autobiography, which will surely provide an unvarnished and truthful account of the life of one of the most brilliant minds ever to indulge a ketamine ...

Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Goes Big and Goes Winslow Homer in a Splendid Show A Catfight in a Snake Pit in Philly’s Art Museum NRPLUS Conference Call with Meir Soloveichik and Rich Lowry Dracula ...

Turns out Penn State won't be swallowing the $49 million buyout once attached to James Franklin's contract. Instead, the school will pay just $9 million after negotiating a dramatic reduction as ...

Virginia Tech hired James Franklin to be its next head football coach, the school announced Monday. He will be formally introduced at a news conference Wednesday morning. "I'm honored and humbled to ...