The pretty market town of Louth is about to have the spotlight turned on it. A film crew of around 70 people is expected to arrive in the town in February to shoot a new British film that will star ...

Historians consistently rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest U.S. president. Without his leadership and political brilliance, ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two ...

Saddle up for a trip through entertainment history with a weekly highlight from Santa Clarita’s Walk of Western Stars! This week, actor William S. Hart.

Mary Mallon aka "Typhoid Mary" is a macabre figure who spread disease and death everywhere she went. But there's a lot more depth and humanity to Mary's history than this. She's a someone who is ...

But a strange pattern started to occur. Anywhere that Mary worked, family members in the household started to develop typhoid fever. In 1906, Mary worked for a wealthy banker, Charles Warren.

Polio, diphtheria and typhoid are global scourges and won ... The opinion desk welcomes and encourage letters from readers in response to articles published in the Houston Chronicle.