Today we head back to 2014, when racist comments by Donald Sterling, then owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, were made public by his mistress.

In the early 1900s, “Bathhouse John” Coughlin and Michael “Hinky Dink” Kenna set about rigging the city's political machine in their favor, contributing to the rise of organized crime in Chicago, and putting their careers on a collision course with the la

On this day in 1994, presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was assassinated in Tijuana, Mexico.

Known as “Special Agent Fifi,” British agent Marie Chilver was a smart, beautiful woman—and an expert at coaxing secrets out of unsuspecting targets. In the midst of World War II, that was just the kind of person the newly formed Special Operations Execut

In 1845, a fungus destroyed Ireland’s potato crops, leaving the Irish population without its main food source.

From the moment they married in 2012, Colorado couple Chris and Shanann Watts seemed to have the picture-perfect life. In reality, an extramarital affair, financial struggles, and conflicts with extended family were tearing the couple apart, all leading t

A nomad exiled from his tribe as a child, Genghis Khan used populism and meritocracy to unite the tribes of the Mongolian Steppe and become the ruler of all of Mongolia from 1206-1227 CE.

They’re one of history's most pervasive mythological creatures, appearing in the folklore of cultures from around the world.

On this day in 1957, labor leader Jimmy Hoffa was arrested by the FBI on charges of bribery.

It’s a mysterious medical condition where a patient acquires extraordinary talents after deadly trauma. Usually, the new skills are in a field the person had never previously studied.