Science can change over time. What once was thought as fact can, after further research, be deemed as false. Here are several school facts Baby Boomers were taught that are now proven false.

“Let them eat cake!” is one of the most famous misquotes in history. There's no record of Marie Antoinette ever saying this ...

For five years now, Briefing readers have eagerly awaited Fridays for a chance to put their penguin-hunting skills to the test. Each week, Leif Penguinson, a Rockhopper penguin, travels to ...

In 1973, Yale sociologist Kai T. Erikson got a phone call from an attorney, asking him to recommend a graduate student who could consult on a class-action lawsuit in West Virginia coal country. The ...

John A. Erickson, Jr., or Jack to all who knew him, passed away December 17, 2025. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to John A. and Doris Erickson, the younger brother of Linda (Erickson) St.

Bo Erickson is a US politics correspondent based in Washington, DC. He covers Congress and reports on how lawmakers’ decisions impact their constituents far from the capital, as well as federal ...

Madam & Eve has been having fun with Trump’s expansionist ambitions, and why not? As noted before, they have no oil for him ...

Editor’s Note: This story contains explicit details about child sexual abuse material and exploitation. Three prominent Metro Detroit professionals — a doctor, an attorney and a psychotherapist — are ...

Kai Erikson, who has died aged 94, was an authority on the sociology of disaster; christened “Professor Catastrophe of America” by the British press, he came to attention in this country for his work ...

Ron Erickson, husband of the late artist Nancy Erickson, and her longtime close friend Leslie Van Stavern Millar stand in the Ericksons' studio with some of Nancy's figure drawings on the wall. A sale ...