Shelley Fabares, the actress and singer whose work connected several generations of television viewers, died in Los Angeles at 82. Her family said she passed away on Saturday surrounded by people who ...
Dolly Parton spent much of her final year away from public view as her health declined, according to people close to her family. The country icon died at 80 on August 25, 2026, at Vanderbilt-Ingram Ca...
After ten years and six miscarriages, Caleb and I had learned to treat hope as something dangerous. During my latest pregnancy, we agreed there would be no early celebration, baby shower, maternity ph...
Dolly Parton and Carl Dean spent nearly 60 years together while living with a contrast that might have divided another couple. She became one of the most recognizable performers in the world; he prefe...
Seventeen-year-old Hazel had withdrawn after her older brother Mason died in a car accident. He had been the person who eased her anxiety, called her Hazelnut, and promised to take her to prom if nobo...
A Japanese couple continued sharing a home and raising their children even though the husband had barely spoken to his wife for almost twenty years. He answered practical questions with nods or brief ...
A vintage photograph of young women from the 1970s can draw attention first to the clothes, hair, expressions, or relaxed way the group occupies the frame. Bell-bottoms, natural hairstyles, patterned ...
At eighteen, a single mother and her small child were pushed out of their apartment when the landlord decided another tenant could pay more. With little money and no safe alternative, they entered a s...
A pastor’s sudden death in a modest motel room shocked the congregation that knew him from the pulpit, hospital visits, and private moments of counsel. The unfamiliar setting immediately encoura...
Breast and ovarian cancers begin in different organs, but inherited changes in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes can increase the risk of both. These genes normally help repair damaged DNA. Certain harmful va...