Longtime US Rep Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas dies at 74
Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and...
Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and...
A Colorado teenager visiting friends in Virginia for Independence Day died after jumping into an electrified lake.Jesse Hamric, 18, was...
Kinky Friedman, a singer, songwriter, humorist and sometime politician who with his band, the Texas Jewboys, developed an ardent following...
Daniel Nico Laudit says he does not cry easily. He decided to test his mettle this month in a movie...
In his first season as head coach, West led the Lakers to the N.B.A.’s best record, 53-29, with Abdul-Jabbar as...
SEATTLE — Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the...
This week, Defector has turned itself over to a guest editor. Brandy Jensen, former editor at Gawker (RIP) and The Outline (RIP), and writer...
Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama’s mother and an anchor of the Obama family who moved into the White House and provided...
A 28-year-old man was fatally wounded overnight when a known gunman fired shots through his door in the Greater Grand...
A 13-year-old is dead after being found unresponsive in a pool at the Discovery Cove theme park in Orlando, Florida...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Frank Anderson Shrontz, the former chief executive officer and chairman of planemaker Boeing and part owner...
Bob Avellini, who quarterbacked the Chicago Bears through some of the greatest seasons of Walter Payton’s career and helped the...