Elizabeth Francis, the third-oldest person in the world, passed away at 115, leaving behind a legacy of resilience. Her life ...

His Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in 1906, for his work in settling the Russian-Japanese War. He was the first American to ...

One-off hotels and boutique chains alike are making art a centerpiece of their properties amid growing demand for art hotels.

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The conservative legal movement’s latest broadside against the judiciary is likely to fail, but it illuminates how far ...

Do dire wolves next. In terms of presidential successes, it reminded me of the time President William Howard Taft threw $5,000 into a fire for no particular reason, then reached in and pulled out ...

Those selected would receive up to $200,000 to create one of the 250 sculptures, which will be paid for in part with canceled ...

This Bangkok mall has devoted two entire floors to San Francisco, complete with a giant Golden Gate Bridge replica and a ...

which pays homage to the city’s illustrious Taft family, including its most famous member, William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States. [Photo: courtesy The Lytle Park Hotel ...

but would later run as a third-party candidate in 1912 after a fallout with then-President William Howard Taft. Roosevelt ...

1910 — William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to throw out the first ball at a baseball opener in Washington. 1910 — Chicago’s Frank Smith pitched a one-hitter in the season opener to ...

Donald Trump’s rococo Oval Office decorations are old-fashioned and un-American.