Irish-born American John Joseph Hughes (1797-1864) was the first Catholic archbishop of New York and an outspoken defender of American Catholicism against Protestant attacks. John Hughes emigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1817. Denied...

For a certain generation, the films of John Hughes were a perfect pop-culture mirror of what it meant to be a teenager. Or at least they seemed like reflections. If your own high school wasn’t quite so easily divided into castes, if your town didn’t...

For a certain generation, the films of John Hughes were a perfect pop-culture mirror of what it meant to be a teenager. Or at least they seemed like reflections. If your own high school wasn’t quite so easily divided into castes, if your town didn’t...

A judge has struck down Delaware's two-year ban on harvesting horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, saying the crustaceans' population is healthy enough to allow a limited harvest.The state failed to prove its case in favor of the ban, Superior Court Judge Richard Stokes ruled Friday...

The race for chairman of the Democratic National Committee has been compared to many things: a high-stakes poker tournament, the first primary of the 2008 elections, a glorified campaign for student body president. But our favorite comparison comes from a friend who described the race...