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The Gayoso House, the first luxury hotel in Memphis, was built in 1842, when the city was barely twenty years old. The hotel was the brainchild and pet…

NPR's Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Snowflake by Winona Wendth of Lancaster, Mass., and Geometry by Eugenie Montague of Los Angeles.

George Takei introduced the viral video by saying it showed a "what the flock moment."

The famed Spanish explorer, Hernando De Soto, the first European to see the Mississippi River, died on May 21, 1542.De Soto and his men had marched…

It took 12 years of work, but "Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra" arranged by U of M Jazz Director Jack Cooper, is now out on CD.There may be no more…

Nathan Bedford Forrest is best known for his role as a brilliant military strategist for the Confederacy during the Civil War and as one of the founders…

Scottish by birth, Frances Wright earned her reputation as a reformer in the United States. She was an early champion of women's rights, democracy, the…

The Vietnam War was one of the signal events of the last half of the 20th century. It was controversial, and the controversy continued long after the war…

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland wants to know if you order takeout. Not just any takeout—a meal from a local business. He also wants photographic evidence.…

This was a live video of U.S. Attorney General William Barr giving an update on the investigation into the 1988 bombing of a passenger plane over…