Search

He displayed some 10,000 cat-themed artifacts at the American Museum of the House Cat in North Carolina, which welcomed several thousand people a year. Harold W. Sims Jr., a fanatic [...]

Byline: Clay Risen Arlo Guthrie's antiwar staple 'Alice's Restaurant' was inspired by a Thanksgiving Day visit to her diner in western Massachusetts. Alice Brock, whose eatery in western Massachusetts was [...]

Arlo Guthrie's antiwar staple ''Alice's Restaurant'' was inspired by a Thanksgiving Day visit to her diner in western Massachusetts. Alice Brock, whose eatery in western Massachusetts was immortalized as the [...]

He devoted much of his 28 years in office in Savannah to victims' rights, but he was best known for his role in a 1981 murder at the center of [...]

He displayed some 10,000 cat-themed artifacts at the American Museum of the House Cat in North Carolina, which welcomed several thousand people a year. Harold W. Sims Jr., a fanatic [...]

He devoted much of his 28 years in office in Savannah to victims’ rights, but he was best known for his role in a 1981 murder at the center of [...]

Her fight for disability rights included founding a group called Not Dead Yet, which protested the work of Dr. Jack Kevorkian and others. Diane Coleman, a fierce advocate for disability [...]

Her fight for disability rights included founding a group called Not Dead Yet, which protested the work of Dr. Jack Kevorkian and others. Diane Coleman, a fierce advocate for disability [...]

Byline: Clay Risen He built his family's oil-refining operation into one of the largest companies in the country, and then used his wealth to benefit charitable causes. Vardis Vardinoyannis, a [...]

He built his family's oil-refining operation into one of the largest companies in the country, and then used his wealth to benefit charitable causes. Vardis Vardinoyannis, a Greek businessman who [...]

A renowned Supreme Court litigator, he argued the Republican side in Bush v. Gore, but later championed gay rights and undocumented children. Theodore B. Olson, a leading Supreme Court litigator [...]

A renowned Supreme Court litigator, he argued the Republican side in Bush v. Gore, but later championed gay rights and undocumented children. Theodore B. Olson, a leading Supreme Court litigator [...]

He introduced ticket prices that couldn't be beat, but asked fliers to pay extra for nearly everything, including water, carry-ons and printed tickets. Ben Baldanza, who turned a small money-losing [...]

A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he was a reporter, editor and columnist for The Washington Post, renowned for his deeply sourced dispatches. Jim Hoagland, whose long career as a foreign [...]

A 'gloriously erudite' critic, he denounced the embrace of blandly functional architecture in efforts to rebuild after World War II. Joseph Rykwert, an architectural historian who challenged Modernism's blank-slate approach [...]

A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he was a reporter, editor and columnist for The Washington Post, renowned for his deeply sourced dispatches. Jim Hoagland, whose long career as a foreign [...]

A “gloriously erudite” critic, he denounced the embrace of blandly functional architecture in efforts to rebuild after World War II. Joseph Rykwert, an architectural historian who challenged Modernism’s blank-slate approach [...]

He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school. Murray McCory, who founded the outdoor equipment company JanSport while still in [...]

He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school. Murray McCory, who founded the outdoor equipment company JanSport while still in [...]

He worked alongside another doctor to show that a simple rehydration therapy could check the ravages of cholera and other diarrhea-inducing diseases. Richard A. Cash, who as a young public-health [...]

Writing for anglers and amateurs alike, he found that the sport can reveal as much about people as it does about fish. John Gierach, a fly fisherman who was as [...]

She helped make films like ''Sleepless in Seattle'' and ''Contact.'' She also wrote widely about the industry, for The Times and other publications. Lynda Obst, a New York journalist turned [...]

A leading historian of antisemitism, he countered the prevailing narrative of Jewish victimhood and later pushed back against efforts to diminish the Holocaust's significance. Yehuda Bauer, whose family narrowly escaped [...]

He later built a career as a reliable TV guest star. His life turned tragic in 2019 when his son killed Mr. Ely's wife and was then shot to death [...]

She created a program to honor Black artistic success in the 1960s. But she spent decades trying to get its organizers to recognize her role. Toni Vaz, who cut a [...]

An expert at rescuing distressed companies, he took over the struggling organization in 2000, leading it through a painful restructuring and a lengthy legal battle. Marvin Preston IV, who brought [...]

He wrote seminal texts on the artists Clyfford Still and Mark Rothko, in a jargon-free style that won him readers far outside the art world. David Anfam, a British art [...]

For over 50 years, as a historian, lecturer and author, he fought to protect Beaux-Arts buildings in New York and Chicago from falling to the developer's wrecking ball. David Garrard […]

One of the last Democrats from the Great Plains to be elected to national office, he built his career on delivering benefits to his home state, South Dakota. Tim Johnson, [...]

In the 1960s, he helped get wide exposure for Black artists like Dionne Warwick. A decade later, he brought dance music from the clubs to radio success. Marvin Schlachter, a [...]

Officially, he was an authority on nonprofit foundations. Unofficially, he was an unparalleled networker among the nation's rich and powerful. Joel Fleishman, whose prominence as an expert on philanthropy was [...]

He and his friend Mike Wolfe launched the treasure-hunting show in 2010, part of a wave of reality TV aimed at finding fortune in everyday items. Frank Fritz, a jocular [...]

He and his friend Mike Wolfe launched the treasure-hunting show in 2010, part of a wave of reality TV aimed at finding fortune in everyday items. Frank Fritz, a jocular [...]

Introduction Leptospirosis is an acute zoonotic bacterial illness characterized by fever, chills, myalgia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, calf pain, and conjunctival suffusion (i.e., redness without inflammatory exudates). The incubation period [...]