In his grandfather’s day, Boxing Day meant the servants, chauffer and gardener had the day off after the Christmas hubbub.

Today in History for Jan. 8: In 1324, explorer Marco Polo died at age 70. In 1438, the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches met at the Council of Ferrara-Florence in an effort to form an alliance that ...

As a teenager when dawn came and the sun would hit my face, the only feeling I felt was intense anxiety. For most days of the ...