President Abraham Lin­coln signs a bill ending slavery in Washington, D.C. Approximately nine months later he would issue the ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as Duke Ellington, born on April 29, 1899, was a composer, pianist, and bandleader whose contributions shaped the very fabric of jazz.

Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest funder of the arts and humanities, which recently launched a $35 ...

Duke is by far the most polarizing program in college basketball. You either love the Blue Devils or you despise them. There is rarely any in-between. Some of that passion is related to the ...

The Duke men's basketball program became synonymous with March Madness in the mid-1980s. The Blue Devils had success in the NCAA tournament before then, but it wasn't until Duke hired Mike ...

Edward E. "Duke" Bryan, a beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 24, 2025, at the age of 94 in Cumming, Georgia. Edward E. Bryan was born in Sylvania ...

References to the famed Duke University in Season 3 of the hit HBO Max series “The White Lotus” were not approved beforehand, according to a spokesperson for the prestigious institution. “Duke ...

Cooper Flagg has been the lead man for the Duke Blue Devils, posting one of the best freshman seasons in college basketball history. Flagg helped lead Duke to the No. 1 seed in the East region ...

No. 1 seed Duke is headed to the Elite Eight. Cooper Flagg and the Blue Devils held off a big second-half comeback from Caleb Love and No. 4 seed Arizona Thursday in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA ...

Ratliff, a Duke alumnus and proud Blue Devil in the drama, is wearing a t-shirt from the prestigious university in the scene, a dream sequence. “Duke University did not approve the use of its ...

A key member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team once assisted a cybercrime gang involved in data theft and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters.

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