To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best nonfiction books since the festival was inaugurated.

Thirty years ago on April 19, 1995, a truck bomb detonated outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people in the deadliest homegrown attack on U.S. soil.

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

Once in a while a new hotel comes along with a splashy aesthetic that looks so good on Instagram you can’t help wondering how it could possibly live up to the hype.

That beautiful soprano flying high ... Overnight, Frankie Lymon was the hottest singer in America, off on a world tour. He was 13 years old. That made him the first black teenage pop star ...

Central Park is the most popular park in New York for sure, but there may be another you find is the most beautiful—beauty ... Situated behind the New York Public Library sits Bryant Park ...

Bridget Forrester of The Bold and the Beautiful is Brooke Logan's daughter with Eric Forrester. The character's introduction to the storyline started with a paternity controversy, later resolved ...

With Saturday’s anniversary, the United States is looking back to its war of independence and asking where its legacy stands ...

Excuse us for getting some end-of-season content out before the season is technically over. Even with one last game left before things officially wrap, the Islanders facing the Blue Jackets on ...

Two-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, British troops faced off against colonial militias in the Massachusetts ...