Gentleman Jack, the hit TV show about the audacious lesbian love affairs of Anne Lister, is being turned into a ballet – by a choreographer well-versed in strong, complicated women ...

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Thirty years ago this week, Madonna was receiving death threats for even attempting to portray Eva Perón, the musical’s titular Evita, as she was a revolutionary hero to many in her home country of ...

Cleopatra and Mark Antony: When Love Nearly Toppled Rome Mark Antony and Cleopatra were partners for 11 years and had three ...

On 12 January 1976, author Agatha Christie died peacefully, aged 85. She created the detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. By the time of her death, Christie had written more than 80 books. Most ...

In December 1999, torrential rain in Venezuela led to floods and mudslides. Government estimates put the number killed at 3,000 but other reports suggest between 10,000 and 30,000 were killed. Many ...

LONDON — Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96. The Anne Frank Trust UK, of ...

Eva Schloss, who survived the Holocaust as a teenager before becoming Anne Frank’s stepsister and a tireless campaigner against prejudice, has died at age 96, her trust announced Sunday. “Eva was a ...

Freed from Auschwitz, she was silent about her ordeal for four decades. Then she decided to dedicate her life to educating people about the dangers of prejudice. By Jenny Gross Reporting from London ...

Ashley Fagan was sentenced to 18 to 23½ years in prison for her role in the death of her 6-year-old daughter, Eva Bretz. Fagan pleaded guilty to charges including permitting child abuse, endangering ...

An ancient lake that thrived during the last Ice Age has reemerged in California's Death Valley National Park, after a record spell of rainfall hit the area, the National Park Service said. Informally ...