It might surprise you to learn that the bespectacled Benjamin Franklin was once quite the womanizer who fathered an ...

House Republicans say they're honoring the sitting president with their unprecedented bills. Historians see something darker.

Look no further than our list of the 50 best food inventions ever ... The ability to cook food over a fire or on a stove allowed humans to make food more palatable and digestible and to preserve ...

Joyce Chaplin's new book "The Franklin Stove" is out now ... The winter of 1740-41 was exceptionally cold and Benjamin Franklin, then a humble Philadelphia printer, wasn’t about to take ...

Gibson is being held without bond. ORIGINAL STORY: FRANKLIN, La. (KLFY) — Two men have been arrested for their alleged connection to a shooting in Franklin this past Saturday, with another still ...

The couple's celebration at Mount Zion Baptist Church was the "best day of our lives," Franklin tells PEOPLE Avery Wooten Photography Nia Franklin is married! After Shannon Patterson saw Franklin ...

Perhaps the fair’s most pioneering display was found in Machinery Hall, showcasing American inventions like the cotton gin, phonograph, and telegraph. But a more recent innovation was causing an ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — Crews responded to a barn fire in Guilford Township, Franklin County at approximately 3:57 a.m. on Thursday morning, according to dispatch. The incident occurred on the ...

For those who came of age during the early days of MTV, Peter Wolf will forever be known as the frontman of the J. Geils Band, whose “Centerfold” and “Freeze Frame” videos were as much a ...

Removing Benjamin Franklin from the $100 bill and replacing the Founding Father's image with one of President Donald Trump is what a Republican lawmaker is proposing. Rep. Brandon Gill ...

Benjamin Franklin was likely one ... While daylight saving time was Ben Franklin's idea, we don't know for sure if he invented it. Daylight saving time was used sporadically starting with World ...

The $100 bill has featured Benjamin Franklin ... he proved lightning was electricity and invented the lightning rod, bifocals and Franklin stove. He also founded the first public library and ...