John Oliver has a knack for turning political absurdity into something you can’t help but laugh at, and he did it again when he dug into Donald Trump’s fixation on ballrooms. What set him off this ...

A painting Bob Ross created in Muncie, Indiana, set an auction record last week with the help of TV show host John Oliver. “Cabin at Sunset” was sold for $1,044,000 through an auction by HBO’s “Last ...

John Oliver poked fun at President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom at an event highlighting that 12 million children in the U.S. grow up in poverty each year. “It is wild... to get a news alert ...

WALLINGFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Comedian and host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” John Oliver is making a stop in Connecticut as part of a run of performances across the Northeast in late 2025 and early 2026 ...

Andy Zaltzman, comedian and cricket stats wizard Ed Datsun/TradePhotographer The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. In the summer of 2006, Andy Zaltzman was part of ...

In 2009, after the death of Walter Cronkite, Time magazine conducted a poll asking Americans who they trusted most for news. The winner wasn’t a traditional journalist. It was Jon Stewart from The ...

Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue ...

Well, those parlor tricks are nothing compared to the appendage stunts pulled by these 10 famous people. John Wilkes Booth might have been a successful assassin, but he was a largely ineffectual ...

The American Civil War. Remember it? Well, no, because you weren't alive. But you've read about it, and the Civil War officially ended exactly 160 years ago, with the last shot fired June 22, 1865.

Now that I completed my journey through Iowa’s 99 counties, I can assure my readers with absolute certainty that “Iowa Nice” is for real! I’ve driven through hundreds of miles of country roads and ...

Beau and Cody wander into the closest town, Purgatory, but the whole place is deserted. All the buildings are empty; it is ...

Two groups that participated in Cecil County’s Christmas Parade this weekend have drawn criticism from local advocates and the Maryland Democratic Party after they displayed and handed out Confederate ...