NEW YORK—Is it a dime? Or is it a nail? In probably one of the oddest items to come to the world of coin collecting, Dallas-based...
NEW YORK—Dana Gioia, the poet and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, is returning to public life. This time as California Poet Laureate....
SAN FRANCISCO—Chuck Williams, who founded Williams-Sonoma and brought French cookware to the United States, has died. He was 100. The home goods retailer said Williams died...
HONOLULU—New images of a large U.S. Navy seaplane that sank in Hawaii waters during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor show a coral-encrusted engine and reef...
WASHINGTON—Four designers whose clothes Michelle Obama has worn also designed and decorated three rooms on the ground floor of the White House for Christmas. Carolina Herrera...
NASHVILLE—Phila Hach (FYLAH HA’), a culinary pioneer from Tennessee who had the first televised cooking show in the South, has died. Her son, Joe Hach, said...
Trailblazing pop star Pink saw firsthand severely malnourished children during a recent visit to Haiti as a part of a UNICEF program to provide therapeutic food...
CHICAGO—Rob Garofalo was devastated. He’d built his medical and research career on helping young AIDS patients. Then he learned that he, too, was HIV-positive. The news...
NEW ORLEANS—She dropped out of secretarial school and taught herself the restaurant business, mentored chefs who put Louisiana cooking on the culinary map, is the matriarch...
WASHINGTON—Michelle Obama’s message for high school seniors fretting about their college prospects is simple. Do your research. Visit college campuses. Sit in on classes. Talk to...