Smithsonian Institution

Emmy nominee Wendy Williams received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday in celebration of the 11th season of her syndicated television talk show.

A host of museums across the Southland will offer free admission Saturday as part of Smithsonian magazine’s 15th annual Museum Day.

Environmental groups are hoping a rare bug found only along Delaware’s southern coast will become the first firefly on the federal government’s endangered species list.

The visiting priests arrived discreetly, day and night. Stripped of their collars and cassocks, they went unnoticed in this tiny Midwestern town as they were escorted into a dingy warehouse across from an elementary school playground. Neighbors had no idea some of the dressed-down clergymen dining at local restaurants might have been accused sexual predators. They had been brought to...

America’s first female astronaut candidate, pilot Jerrie Cobb, who pushed for equality in space but never reached its heights, has died. Cobb died in Florida at age 88 on March 18 following a brief illness. News of her death came Thursday from journalist Miles O’Brien, serving as a family spokesman. In 1961, Cobb became the first woman to pass astronaut...

With a bill like a duck but teeth like a croc’s, a swanlike neck and killer claws, a new dinosaur species uncovered by scientists looks like something Dr. Seuss could have dreamed up. It also had flippers like a penguin, and while it walked like an ostrich it could also swim. That’s the first time swimming ability has been shown...

Testimony is scheduled to begin Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles in a lawsuit over who owns the rights to one of the most popular board games of all time. The widow of a toy inventor says her husband, Bill Markham, has been denied his legacy of creating The Game of Life, after another man, Reuben Klamer, took full...

Melania Trump donated her inaugural ball gown Friday to the Smithsonian’s First Ladies Collection, as previous first ladies have done. The first lady’s vanilla silk, off-the-shoulder gown was presented to the museum during a ceremony Friday in Washington. The gown also featured a slit skirt, ruffled accent trim from the neckline to the hem and a claret ribbon around the...

The Smithsonian Institute will add first lady Melania Trump’s inaugural ball gown to their First Ladies’ Collection in Washington, D.C.

Melania Trump is donating her inaugural ball gown to the First Ladies’ Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. The first lady is handing over the vanilla silk, off-the-shoulder gown during a ceremony Friday in Washington. The gown also featured a slit skirt, ruffled accent trim from the neckline to the hem and a claret ribbon around the waist. Mrs. Trump worked...

A report finds that a majority of the oldest artifacts part of the permanent collection of the Mexican Museum in San Francisco are either forgeries or not up to national museum standards.

A noose has been found hanging inside the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, and U.S. Park Police are investigating.

Donald Trump has stumbled over the name of the new Washington museum commemorating black history.

The Smithsonian Institution will open the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Sept. 24 in Washington.