1837: Michigan becomes the 26th state of the USA. 1841: Hong Kong is proclaimed as a sovereign territory of Britain. 1857: Trinley Gyatso, 12th Dalai Lama, is born in Tibet. 1861: Louisiana secedes ...

Celine Dion paid tribute to the late music legend Quincy Jones at the news of his death, having worked with him on a couple ...

Rescuers pulled the bodies of a 23-year-old woman and a man believed to be her husband from under a collapsed apartment ...

Did you feel it? The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network says a 4.7 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Oregon Friday ...