SEARCY -- While the tragic demise of Emmett Till is neither "pretty or pleasant," it is history that must be shared, because history "shows us how far we've come, how we get here, and how far we still ...
The American poet Violet Ranney Lang was born in 1924 and died in 1956, of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, at the age of thirty-two. Although last year marked the centenary of her birth, the occasion passed ...
Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for three years. Her work has previously appeared in The Washington Post, Buzzfeed, Eater, and other outlets. Gary ...
During a January 2019 game at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Michael Beasley provided the NBA with one of its funniest moments: He attempted to check in to a game wearing his practice ...
Geri A. Schmidt, nee, Geraldine Ann Jaraczewski, April 17, 1942, passed away September 8, 2025, at the age of 83 after a battle with dementia. Geri was born in Peru, Illinois to Edward and Ceceila ...
The cruel summer is over, with autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place. If you’re a Swiftie, you know this signals the start of a new Taylor Swift album era. While the event is already sold ...
Amy J. Williams receives funding from NASA and is a scientist on the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission. When scientists started looking into the data, they found two types of iron-rich ...
DEAR ABBY: I love my cousin “Carly” like a sister. We come from a large family, and both of us are estranged from our mothers (who are sisters) as well as our siblings. We’re OK with this because we ...
Jimmy Kimmel is keeping “Live In Front of a Studio Audience” on a permanent pause. The series of specials, which earned raves and multiple Emmy Awards via three installments in May 2019, December 2019 ...
On September 19, 1983, Michael Jackson released his sixth single from his sixth album, his megahit Thriller, “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing),” and earned another Top 10 hit. Jackson and musician Greg ...
Sometimes a single image or a few notes of a song can send you hurtling back in time. A recent Instagram post is sparking just such a wave of heartfelt nostalgia among '80s and '90s kids. The post, a ...