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On July 6, 1971, Louis Armstrong died at his home in Queens, New York, ending one of the most influential careers in music.

Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong has arguably been the most valuable player in all of baseball since the month of June. After a slow start to his fourth Cubs season ...

Crow-Armstrong is the first Cub with back-to-back 20/20 seasons since Sammy Sosa. "He's doing things that the greats in the ...

The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies, by Paul Fischer. Simon and Schuster. 416 pages. $28.99. On the morning of October 14, 1888, Louis Le Prince set ...

In the early months of 2000, young women turned up dead at an alarming rate in and around Detroit. As investigators worked the cases, they considered the very real threat of a serial killer. On ...