The Israeli military says seven Israeli soldiers have been killed in the southern Gaza Strip when a Palestinian attacker ...

The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding on Wednesday after a rocky start, giving rise to ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

If there was one book we all read in the summer of 2014 it was We Were Liars, a teen-mystery novel about the ...

If there was one book we all read in the summer of 2014 it was We Were Liars, a teen-mystery novel about the seemingly-perfect Sinclair family on their private island in Martha's Vineyard. And now, ...

HBO's The Gilded Age is fiction, but informed deeply by history, with several characters that are based on real people ...

Brisbane recorded 114 property sales over a million dollars last week, the latest auction and sales results reveal. A four-bedroom house in Teneriffe was the most expensive sale reported in Brisbane ...

Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age blends fiction with history, capturing the drama of 1880s New York high society.

Astor — Usually attributed to the wealthy Astor family, parents who want a unique first name for their child could give Astor a try. It means "hawk," and that's a pretty majestic animal to be ...

A sprawling Northern New Jersey estate tied to one of New York’s more prominent socialites just hit the market. The $2.95 million price tag gets you 40 Mountain Top Road, a 9,800-square-foot ...

This early-1900s mansion has 9,800 square feet of living space with nine bedrooms and 10 bathrooms. Once the home of New York City philanthropist and socialite Brooke Astor, 40 Mountain Top Road ...