here is an overview of the twists and turns in their gnarled family tree. The first family of horror centers first and ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...

Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. His independent, unbending temperament was not ideal for diplomacy, and his ...

Authorities in Arizona say human remains found by the Hoover Dam in 2009 have been identified as belonging to William Herman ...

there remains some debate amongst the scholarly sources as to which President Adams the peak was intended to be named for: President John Adams or his son, President John Quincy Adams. No matter ...

In 1797, John Adams became the second American president, having won election by three votes in the Electoral College. Although George Washington had set a momentous precedent by relinquishing power — ...

Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic; By Lindsay Chervinsky, Oxford University Press; 440 pp., $34.99 To the extent that most people think of the founding ...

John Adams is an American composer and conductor. He is known for writing minimalist music. Minimalist music uses repeated patterns of notes over a steady beat - find out more about minimalism.

The former White House intern turned activist endorses Harris days before the election, as polls show razor-thin margins in key states.

This story was updated to add new information. The Neyland Stadium goalposts couldn't hold their ground Saturday. But at least, they didn't end up in the Tennessee River. And Tennessee football ...

The investigation into the 1995 murder of Texas teacher Mary Catherine Edwards went cold for years. Advances in forensic science and tireless work by investigators would reveal the startling ...