The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York, pictured in 1905, opened on Jan. 1, 1892. (AP Photo) Dec. 26 1908: Jack Johnson became the first black boxer to win the world heavyweight championship as […]
Selena Gomez was the keynote speaker at the Academy Women’s Luncheon last week in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello / AP Photo) LOS ANGELES — While surveying a room packed with Hollywood’s most influential figures, “Emilia […]
Vacation rental with the in-laws — for many, it’s a setup for disaster. In Weike Wang’s “Rental House,” it’s certainly that. It’s also an opportunity for Wang, a wildly gifted writer, to explore the upside […]
Dec. 19 1777: Gen. George Washington led his army of more than 12,000 soldiers to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. 1998: President Bill Clinton was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of […]
Orville and Wilbur Wright test their airplane on a beach near Kitty Hawk. The brothers conducted the first successful manned powered airplane on Dec. 17, 1903. (AP Photo) These transformational events in history happened this […]
New Orleans’ Trombone Shorty is one of many Louisiana natives slated to perform at the Super Bowl pregame in February. (Brett Duke / The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate via AP) LOS ANGELES — […]
American ships burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo) Dec. 5 1848: President James K. Polk sparked the Gold Rush of ’49 by confirming that gold had […]
Chris Myers recounts his career in broadcasting in “That Deserves a Wow: Untold Stories of Legends and Champions, Their Wins and Heartbreaks.” (William Morrow via AP) There are few sports journalists working today with a […]
Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, pictured in 2001, was arrested on Dec.1, 1955, for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a racially segregated bus in Alabama. (Paul Warner / AP […]
“Lazarus Man” author Richard Price has written award winning screenplays and books. (FSG via AP) Is there a better writer of urban American stories than Richard Price? His resume is hard to beat: To episodes […]
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