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Pride Month may be over, but advocacy continues year round. This sentiment holds truth for a number of LGBTQ friendly ...

American singer, who has died at age 87, is largely known for her resonant pop hits such as ‘Pretty Little Baby,’ but her ...

Almost 70 years after his death, the Solanus Casey Foundation is building momentum to make the Wisconsin-born priest a saint.

One of the most commercially successful female singers in history, she also had hits with "Who's Sorry Now?," "Mama," "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and "Stupid Cupid." ...

Pop star Connie Francis was a little past her heyday the first time that San Antonio jazz vocalist Ken Slavin heard her sing, but he was captivated nontheless. The pint-sized vocalist was belting out ...

Ron Onesti grew up listening to Connie Francis. Mutual connections introduced him to the late Italian American singer about ...

Francis Melba Braud, a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and co-founder of the African American Museum in St. Martinville, Louisiana, celebrated her 95th birthday and shared advice on the ...

Shane Tews is joined by Father Paolo Benanti, a theologian and ethicist for the Vatican on AI, for a thought-provoking interactive discussion that transcends traditional debates on values and policy ...

ST. CHARLES COUNTY — Francis Howell School District officials said Friday their new superintendent won’t start on Tuesday as planned. A deputy will assume his role on an interim basis instead.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Roper St. Francis Healthcare will launch the nation’s first full-service coffee shop with barista service that’s powered by an Artificial Intelligence (A… ...