Many became involved in the Civil War. Musicians, nurses, spies, and vivandières all had their parts to play. Before the war ended, many soldiers also became prisoners of war. Drums and shrill fifes ...

MANILA, Philippines — The trough of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name Trami) still affects parts of Luzon though it is already outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR ...

He started playing the mandolin aged five, before taking up the violin aged seven and giving his first public performance aged 11 in Genoa. At the age of just 15, the talented teenager started playing ...

As we move through the final months of 2024, the folks at BabyCenter are taking a look back at the baby name trends that defined this year. On Monday, the parenting resource released its annual report ...

For the second consecutive year, Olivia is the most popular baby girl name and Noah is the most popular baby boy name, according to a report from BabyCenter.com, a digital parenting resource.

Names fall in and out of fashion year after year. A century ago in the United States, you could scarcely move without meeting a Mary, but by 2023, the longstanding No. 1 name in America didn’t ...

Noah, Liam and Oliver for boys and Olivia, Amelia and Emma for girls were among the most popular names for babies in 2024, new research by BabyCenter has found. Noah was the most popular name for ...

On Sunday, the weighty, measured attitude of the curtain raiser’s sober opening parts culminated in a purificatory “victory symphony.” If tumult was the order of the day in Egmont, Brahms’s Violin ...

A friend recently did, and it turns out that the wooden creation goes by a couple of names: either a “face-in-the-hole” or a “photo stand-in.” Naturally, my friend’s quest for the ...