After decades of relative decline, the capital of Japan's Kansai region is launching major projects and attracting numerous ...

Ann Mikoll always saw Dyngus Day as an event a an event that included the entire community, not just Polish-Americans.

Photo shows An elderly white man in a white gown and skull cap smiles as he waves in the direction of the camera.

Annie Jump Cannon was an astronomer, suffragist, and photographer. Nearly deaf for much of her life, Cannon is credited with the invention of the Harvard spectral classification system, which assigns ...