As The New Yorker turns a hundred, we asked Zadie Smith, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Ottessa Moshfegh to compose new stories that were, in some way, inspired by fiction from the magazine’s past. Each new piece ...

Talking Heads are revered as thoughtful art rockers. But the band's history is thorny, as explored in new book, "Burning Down ...

Today in History for June 27: In 1299, in his encyclical "Scimus fili," Pope Boniface VIII claimed that Scotland owed allegiance to the Catholic Church.

As he grows up, he learns about the death of his own ancestors, Hyrum Smith and Joseph ... John Widtsoe, another scientist apostle, dies in 1952. Fielding Smith then publishes his own book ...

Smith's bid for the presidency — and his downfall and violent death shortly after that — was also detailed in Spencer McBride ...

Smith, who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after publishing the Book of Mormon, was born in 1805, according to records published by the church.

Smith's bid for the presidency — and his downfall and violent death shortly after that — is also detailed in Spencer McBride 's 2001 book, "Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, the ...

Outside my immediate family, I’d say my uncle, Hyrum Wayne Smith. He was the founder of Franklin Quest (previously Hyrum Smith & Associates, later FranklinCovey), most famous for the Franklin ...

What makes “The Fraud” a book by Zadie Smith and not, say, a transcript of the trial is that the central characters are not the jury or the judged, but a 60-ish Scottish widow named Eliza ...

Mormonism is a religion practiced by millions around the world. Here, we answer some of the most common questions about Mormonism, with context from religious experts and Mormon literature.

Mormons believe Smith, confused about what denomination of Christianity to follow, received a vision from an angel named Moroni, who led Smith to a box containing a book inscribed on gold plates.