US President Joseph Biden denounces Russian invasion, casting it as part of a decades-long attempt to crush democracies. In a speech from a castle that served for centuries as a home for Polish monarchs, Mr. Biden described the face-off with Mr. Putin as a moment he has long warned about: a clash ...

This edition of the World AIDS Museum series: Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS," profiles Dr. Bob Wallace. Dr Wallace is a General Practitioner who has been dealing with the AIDS epidemic since the first cases of Kaposi Sarcoma in St Petersburg, Florida in the early 1980's. In his up close and personal i...

Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet, read an original work at President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. After Biden was sworn in as the nation’s 46th president, Gorman read “The Hill We Climb,” building on a tradition of poets -- including Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, Elizabeth Alexander and Rich

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were the original fabulous stars -- conspicuous in their consumption of clothes, houses, yachts, diamonds, and, more damagingly, alcohol.

Elizabeth Taylor was Married Eight Times, Twice to Richard Burton, as follows:
Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (May 6, 1950 -- January 29, 1951) (divorced):
Her wedding gown was auctioned in June 2013 at Cristie's in London for $188,000.00 US Dollars.
Michael Wilding (February 21, 1952 -- January 26, 1957...

The third season of MTV's popular reality TV series "The Real World" was filmed on location at the 900 block of Lombard street in San Francisco. It aired on MTV from February to June 1994. It is considered to be the best season of the series because it tackled socially relevant issues such as AIDS a...

Margaret Heckler was President Reagan's secretary of health and human services from March 1983 to December 1985. Here she says AIDS was her number one priority, but that she had to balance her department's response against the Reagan administration's fiscal priorities. Heckler maintains that preexis...

et upon a picture-perfect sky on the Fire Island Pines’ glistening Great South Bay, the 25th anniversary edition of Fire Island Dance Festival brought together a diverse, captivating program of world premieres, dance legends and stirring storytelling. The festival on July 19-21 raised a record-shatt

The 1993 AIDS musical Zero Patience, however, breaks the mold completely, in the best possible way. If you don’t often feel seen by the movies you watch (at least, not in a good way) but from the moment I pressed play on John Greyson’s offbeat masterpiece I described it as “one of the most Henry mov

Life’s gorgeous expanse was at the forefront of this year’s Fire Island Dance Festival, expressed through stunning dance and stories, all enhanced by the power of nature as it played out on the scenic backdrop of the waters of the Great South Bay. The longest-running charitable and cultural event in