Residential construction activity picked up in December, helping to make all of 2003 the best year for home builders in a quarter-century and underscoring the critical role the sector played in the ...

As we say goodbye to 2002, we also bid adieu to some of last year's most popular fashion trends, from the prairie look to head-to-toe denim. But there's no reason to get misty eyed over the passing of ...

In the first half of 2003, a deadly disease known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome spread from China into 28 other countries. SARS infected a little more than 8,000 people, and killed 774 people.

In 2003, just three years after the decennial census, Texas Republicans developed a proposal to redraw that state’s congressional boundaries so provocative it caused 52 House Democrats to charter a ...

On Tuesday, September 14, Californians will vote on whether or not to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom. This is the second recall election for Governor in California's history. Arnold Schwarzenegger won the ...

Fifteen years ago, the Detroit Tigers played one of the worst seasons in baseball history. Winning five of their last six games spared the Tigers, who finished 43-119, the indignity of tying the 1962 ...

Today in history, New York City went black. So did the entire Northeast. Over 50 million people suffered through a brutal heat wave without electricity. The blackout started on Aug. 14, 2003, and ...

This week sees Michelle Branch dive back into pop with her first solo album in fourteen years, Hopeless Romantic. It’s a welcome return for the talented singer-songwriter, whose two early 2000s albums ...