Known as “Queen Elizabeth of Houston,” Elizabeth Francis died this week at age 115, making her the oldest person in the United States and the third oldest person in the world. Francis was one ...

NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but a Jupiter-bound mission helped them find common ground. NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but ...

Elizabeth Francis died on Tuesday, Oct. 22, while surrounded by her family, granddaughter Ethel Harrison, who was also her primary caregiver, told ABC News. "She loved the Lord. Her faith was ...

Texas resident Elizabeth Francis, the oldest known living person in America, has died. The supercentenarian died Tuesday at age 115. "We are saddened to report the passing of Ms. Elizabeth ...

Francis, who was born in 1909, died peacefully on Tuesday night. Elizabeth Francis, who was the oldest living person in the United States, has died. She was 115. Her 69-year-old granddaughter and ...

The Elizabeth Line in London designed by architecture studios Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis has won this year's RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building. Described as "a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Elizabeth Line has won the UK’s top architecture prize, with judges praising the cross-London railway ...

Elizabeth Taylor walked down the aisle eight times during her life, but the only man she married twice was fellow actor Richard Burton. The duo, who met while filming 1961's Cleopatra embarked on ...

New York Times-bestselling author and National Poetry Slam champion Elizabeth Acevedo is sharing her five book recommendations in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, which is observed in October.

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had ...

Poetry is, quite simply, the activity for which Queen’s University is best known around the world. Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney was both a student and lecturer here at Queen’s, and other famous ...