Martin Luther King Day

People close to Bettye Durham Smith say she probably touched just about every life in Sanford in one way or another during three terms as mayor and decades in civic service. Smith, who served as Sanford's first female mayor from 1985 to 1997, died...

Cameron Diaz, Jerry Seinfeld and Danny McBride appeared Saturday night on “SNL,” hosted by Adam Levine, but former cast member Andy Samberg made the biggest splash as one of the night’s guest stars. Samberg and the Lonely Island...

Once a year, we take a day to honor Martin Luther King Jr. On that day for the past nine years, Connecticut Dance Alliance has presented a day-long celebration of King with master dance classes, followed by a performance celebrating some of the ideals...

SAN FRANCISCO — "This is one of my favorite rooms," said SFJAZZ founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline, smiling as he stepped over exposed pipes and dusty planks in the SFJAZZ Center. "Then again, they're all my favorite rooms," he...

17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice: Jan. 20, noon-4 p.m.; Jan. 21, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Free. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven, (203) 432-5050, peabody.yale.edu....

In 2009, they missed each other by a day. But today, thanks to a scheduling quirk, President Obama’s inauguration festivities and  Martin Luther King Jr. Day overlapped and, in many places, intertwined. Although Obama was sworn in for his second...

He was, by every account, both a cop killer and a killer cop, and even in death, he might end up shaking the LAPD like no one since Rodney King. Christopher Dorner regarded himself as a victim of institutional racism and a wronged man unfairly turned...

An Oak Park teen watched Grammy performers rehearse for last weekend's awards show as one of three musicians who won a national songwriting competition. Hannah Rand, a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School, wrote and performed her original...

It was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the morning of Barack Obama's second inauguration, and four members of the planning committee for Hartford's Taste of the Caribbean and Jerk Festival sat down to draw up the agenda for this year's event, slated for Aug....

In oil, acrylic, watercolor, photography and other media in a variety of genres, Washington County art teachers showcased their work Friday night in the Washington County Arts Council’s new space. Nearly 30 teachers submitted more than 40 pieces...

Sen. Ralph Northam, D-Norfolk, delivered a petition containing more than 14,000 signatures to Gov. Bob McDonnell Tuesday asking him to veto the Senate Republicans redistricting plan should it reach his desk. Senate Republicans ambushed outraged...

“Just see where all these oversized loads are using Route 40 West, are putting large potholes in the concrete bridge on Route 40. The bridge is already deteriorated. This should be fixed immediately.” — Clear Spring “I never did...