When this year’s Christmas tree arrived at the White House just before Thanksgiving by horse-drawn wagon, the conveyance brought more than an evergreen: It also carried more than a century of history.

Nearly every pop music holiday song written in the past 80 years owes at least some of its DNA to one Christmas tune in particular: "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, ...

A Pacific storm is expected to bring rain and potential flooding to the Coachella Valley around Christmas. The storm, an atmospheric river, will impact much of the West Coast, causing heavy rain and ...

In recent years, fat has been replaced by sugar as public health enemy No. 1, with cases of obesity and diabetes continuing to spiral. Yet the human palate craves sweetness. So it's no wonder people ...

For about two centuries, a towering black pine stood in the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, becoming one of its most cherished landmarks. JRR Tolkien loved sitting beneath its shade, Philip ...