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J. Robert Oppenheimer’s triumph was his tragedy. Oppenheimer had many achievements in theoretical physics but is remembered as the so-called father of the atomic bomb. Under his directorship, scientists at Los Alamos Laboratory, where the bomb was designed and built, forever changed how people view the world, adding a new…

Princess Margaret offended the Old Hollywood elite at an exclusive dinner during her 1965 tour of the US - but it wasn't the only time

The Tate–LaBianca murders came at a time of great turmoil in the US and Charles Manson hoped they would kick off a race war. His apocalyptic vision was named 'Helter Skelter' after the Beatles' song

Elvis and Priscilla Presley tied the knot in 1967 when the singer was 32 and his wife was 21, but it seems Priscilla wasn't a big fan of her wedding dress

The war in Sudan between two rival generals for control of the country is devastating in so many ways. Hundreds of civilians have been killed, thousands injured and more than 1 million people are now homeless. The fighting is even wreaking havoc on the country’s central bank.

Throughout his celebrated life, Jim Brown was both praised for his community activism and vilified for his abuse of women.

Journalist Thomas Colbert and his group of sleuths Case Breakers have claimed to find evidence suggesting the 'Zodiac Killer' was Air Force veteran Gary Francis Poste, who died in 2018

Ahead of King Charles' monumental Coronation, we take a look at The Crown's depiction of the monarch in a bid to distinguish fact versus fiction - from meeting Princess Diana to school days

Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making inappropriate advances toward her in 1955, has died at the age of 88 in Louisiana, according to a coroner’s report.

“Got Polio? Me neither. Thanks, Science.”

The life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have been the subject of ongoing debate ever since his assassination on April 4, 1968.