A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore signs related to topics such as climate change, slavery and Indigenous and LGBTQ+ history that were removed under…
Read more Judge orders Trump administration to restore national park signage on climate change, slaveryGordon Yamate, who serves on the Los Gatos Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commission, spoke about inspiring solidarity and activism for a panel at this year’s Day of Remembrance…
Read more Fourth annual Day of Remembrance at SJSU emphasizes activism and solidarityThe New Jersey Maritime Museum, which houses artifacts from shipwrecks and other historical relics, suffered extensive damage last week after a pipe burst at the Beach Haven property.…
Read more Maritime museum at Jersey Shore heavily damaged by burst pipeFor Maurice Proffit, the arts were always an itch that he had to scratch. As a child, he wanted to be a cartoonist. As a teen, he wanted…
Read more A theater legacy continues in Schaumburg with Maurice Proffit and Dreamscape TheatreMayor Cherelle Parker reacted to the city’s recent legal win against the federal government in a video Tuesday, issuing a rare, albeit indirect, critique of the Trump administration.…
Read more Parker vows, ‘We will not allow anyone to erase our history,’ following President’s House lawsuit rulingToday is Tuesday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 2026. There are 317 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 17, 2014, Jimmy Fallon made his…
Read more Today in History: Jimmy Fallon makes his debut as host of NBC’s ‘Tonight Show’MADISON, Wis. — Searchers have discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale in the late 19th century, completing a quest that…
Read more Searchers find wreck of luxury steamer lost in Lake Michigan more than 150 years agoPEARLAND, Texas (KTRK) — Through her brand, Resilient Grace, Kyra Brown is highlighting Black women who have shaped history but whose stories have often gone untold. “I noticed…
Read more Resilient Grace: Spotlighting the black women history forgotToday is Monday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2026. There are 332 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 2, 2014, Oscar-winning actor Philip…
Read more Today in History: Philip Seymour Hoffman found deadAs members of the Hinsdale Historical Society capped a year in which they celebrated the organization’s 50th anniversary, they received some good news in the form of a…
Read more Home and studio of R. Harold Zook, ‘Hinsdale’s Frank Lloyd Wright,’ gets funding boost for preservationOn January 30th, 1969, The Beatles went right to the top. Top of the building and put on a historic 45 min concert, which would be their last ever. But…
Read more The Beatles Crazy Idea January 57 years AgoGoldin auction house said this spring it will sell a broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence that was printed in Exeter, New Hampshire, in July 1776. The…
Read more Copy of Declaration of Independence from July 1776 to be sold this springTwenty years ago this week, the Minnesota History Center, in Minneapolis’s twin city, St. Paul, launched an interactive exhibition called “Open House: If These Walls Could Talk.” It…
Read more Revisiting Minnesota’s “Open House” Exhibition in the Age of ICEA WOMAN FROM BETHLEHEM IS ROWING 3200 MILES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. IT’S JUST INCREDIBLE. I LOVE THIS STORY. NOW RENEE BLACKMAN WILL BE RACING SOLO FROM THE…
Read more Woman prepares to row 3,200 miles across the Atlantic OceanNew York-based cocktail historian David Wondrich had most recently finished editing an 860-plus-page compendium of knowledge about cocktail history when the opportunity arose to share cocktail history through…
Read more Cocktail history as a comic: Author talks about his new graphic nonfiction bookNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a young man who lived 6,000 years ago — and survived a brutal encounter…
Read more Ancient man survived brutal lion attack, suffered lifelong damage: ‘Extremely rare’Newspaper tour Follow the local newspapers of Los Gatos through the years with the New Museum Los Gatos on Jan. 16. The Los Gatos Newspapers History Tour will…
Read more New Museum Los Gatos to hold newspaper history tour on Jan. 16LONDON — Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96.…
Read more Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, dies at 96Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 4, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email…
Read more Today in Chicago History: Fox’s WFLD-Ch. 32 begins broadcastingThe first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby, Diane Crump, has died.She was 77.”Mom passed away peacefully tonight. She ended her life surrounded by friends and family.…
Read more Diane Crump, first woman to ride in Kentucky Derby, dies at 77
