Over a century ago, on 1923, Walt and Roy O. Disney rented a garage in Los Feliz and officially founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.

Acclaimed actress Rachel Griffiths is embarking on a new journey to find out what it means to be an Australian.

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has received a $60 million gift from alumnus Bruce I. Jacobs, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. This marks the largest ...

The National Agreement among leagues expired, paving the way for the American League to become a “major” league equal to the National League. The AL, borne out of the old Western League (which ...

The U.S. federal government officially shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, leaving swathes of federal employees uncertain about the future, and residents wondering what it means for daily ...

A shuttered government is familiar territory to President Donald Trump, whose first term saw three shutdowns, including a 35-day closure spanning the end of 2018 into early 2019. It remains the ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 30, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Chicago Cubs outfield Jim Mosolf, from ...

1847: A ship’s boy rescued from the schooner St. Mary’s, wrecked at the Dry Tortugas, was discovered to instead be a girl, surprising both her crewmates and rescuers. The girl, Johanna, was taken to ...

On Sept. 28, 1928, Alexander Fleming woke up to check on his experiments investigating bacterial growth — and accidentally discovered the world's first antibiotic. The Scottish physicist and ...

1863: The USS Clyde intercepted the schooner Amaranth 30 miles from the Dry Tortugas, sailing from Boston and bound for a southern port with a cargo of sugar, cigars and assorted merchandise. The ...

GWINN — Tune up your banjos and keep your eyes peeled during the second half of the Bigfoot and Bluegrass Festival taking place today. The event, hosted by Forsyth Forward, is the first of its kind to ...