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By 1950, Leonard and Phillip Chess had established Chess Records as the label for urban blues. Leonard died in 1969. Phil died on Wednesday at the age of 95.

Boyd Applegate has been dressing up as Santa Claus for more than 20 years. It's a pastime he unintentionally discovered while on the job as a big-rig truck driver. Every year, he makes under-the-tree gift deliveries designed for children to wake up and catch him in the middle of the night.

Speaking in Brussels Friday, Kerry said he was grieving with "the loved ones of those who have been very cruelly taken from us — including Americans." It's the first confirmation of American deaths.

Now that summer is over and temperatures are dipping across the Midwest, people are headed indoors, some experts fear the already striking rise in cases…

More than 300,000 African and African-American slaves were sold in Shockoe Bottom. Today, residents and city officials are debating how to preserve the area: Memorial or stadium and museum?

Bertha, which got stuck digging a Seattle highway tunnel, is 60 feet below ground and can't move forward — or backward. Now a rescue plan is underway to fix the five-story-tall machine.

Israeli officials say Syria test-fired three Scud missiles last week, including one that broke up over Turkey and rained missile parts on two villages. No injuries were reported. Israel said they were the first Syrian missile tests in four years and that the tests appeared to be more an act of defiance than a threat.

A clerical error kept two Civil War soldiers from receiving the Medals of Honor given to their fellow infantryman. Now that error is corrected.

Jimmie Fails plays a man who continues to visit the old Victorian house he grew up in — even though his family no longer owns it — in this comic fable about the toll of gentrification.

Housing is the single biggest expense for many people in Columbus, especially those working lower-paying jobs. As the city makes strides in eliminating blight, residents in those neighborhoods often face new obstacles as living costs and housing prices rise beyond their reach.