Review: 'The Romanovs' a rich history of a rich, noble Russian family line
THE ROMANOVS. By Simon Sebag Montefiore. Knopf. 784 pages. $35.
THE ROMANOVS. By Simon Sebag Montefiore. Knopf. 784 pages. $35.
LOS ANGELES — Photographer Arthur Grace was on assignment for Newsweek when he met Robin Williams in 1986 at a Pittsburgh comedy club. As he traveled with Williams to various stand-up gigs, the two became friends.
Storytree Theatre will present "Tattle Tall Tales" 10-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m. Friday at the Felix C. Davis Community Center, 4800 Park Circle, North Charleston.
NEW YORK — The NEA Big Read, a book group project launched a decade ago by the National Endowment for the Arts, is getting an update.
NEW YORK — To mark the 15th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, the 9/11 memorial museum is staging an art exhibition that in some cases uses actual remnants of the day of terror in works that convey both grief and tenderness.
NEW YORK — The conditions placed on director Vitaly Mansky for shooting a film in North Korea were severe.
LOS ANGELES — Furniture designer Harold Greene grew up making toys out of reclaimed scraps of wood in his Southern California neighborhood.
Moving into a dorm is one of college life’s most exciting milestones; it’s the first time many kids are living away from the comfy confines of home.
The three-bedroom Cortez is a contemporary stucco home designed with a zero lot line concept in mind. It is only 38 feet wide and has no windows along the right side.
The transactions listed below include properties sold for $200,000 or more and recorded between June 13-17.
Ilio DiPaolo was one of pro wrestling's most popular and revered performers during the '50s and '60s, particularly in his home area of Buffalo, N.Y., where he established a family Italian eatery after retiring from the business in 1965.
BOTTS, Jeanette Anderson, 88, of Mount Pleasant, formerly of Greer, died Saturday. Arrangements by Stuhr’s Downtown Chapel of Charleston.
BOTTS, Jeanette, Mount Pleasant
Like most economists, I don’t usually have much to say about stocks. Stocks are even more susceptible than other markets to popular delusions and the madness of crowds, and stock prices generally have a lot less to do with the state of the economy or its future prospects than many people believe. As economist Paul Samuelson put...
At the library, outside a restaurant down the street, at your local courthouse, the American flag drifts downward at half-staff. Again.
US singer and actress Queen Latifah joined a mass anti-AIDS march in the South African city of Durban Saturday, where grandmothers bringing up children orphaned by the disease also took to the streets.
Miami Heat president Pat Riley admitted Saturday that the departure of veteran Dwyane Wade "floored" him and he regretted not taking a more active role in talks to retain the star.
CLEVELAND — South Carolina isn’t a swing state in the 2016 presidential election. In the grand scheme of things, its influence is relatively small, with just 50 delegates to offer to the GOP nominee.
SAYLORSBURG, Pa. — An exiled Muslim cleric whom Turkey's president has accused of orchestrating a failed coup denied any responsibility Saturday, saying he had no knowledge of the plot.
The word "fire" is heard on the cockpit voice recorder of EgyptAir 804 before the plane crashed into the Mediterranean in May, an Egyptian-led investigative committee said Saturday.
World leaders expressed support for Turkey and its democratic institutions on Saturday after the government quashed an attempted military coup.
Creating a bike and pedestrian lane on the T. Allen Legare Jr. Bridge has been debated mostly in transportation terms, but a new document released Friday says it could play a key role in revitalizing West Ashley — a top city goal.
Even operating at a quarter of its eventual capacity, South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope showed off its phenomenal power Saturday, revealing 1,300 galaxies in a tiny corner of the universe where only 70 were known before.
What does a national top seed in boys 12 look like?
What does a national top seed in boys 12 look like?