John Sherman is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn. He has covered a wide range of topics in his writing—from the best grocery store coffee and the philosophy of shelving cookbooks to Franz Kafka.

John Ashton, known for playing John Taggert in Beverly Hills Cop and three sequels, has died. He was 76. Ashton died Thursday ...

In 1958, the Giants again won the East and Huff played in a game often acclaimed as pro football's greatest ever, New York's 23-17 overtime loss to John Unitas and Baltimore for the NFL title.

Hated across the South but a hero to the North, William Tecumseh Sherman captured Atlanta in record time and lay waste to the Georgia and South Carolina countryside on his 1864 “March to the Sea.” ...

Beverly Hills Cop alum John Ashton has died at the age of 76. TMZ reported Sunday that the actor died of cancer Thursday in ...

Leader of the fabled Texas Brigade, John Bell Hood was highly regarded ... His defense of Atlanta against Sherman bought only a few weeks for the city, which he was forced to surrender.

A dozen or so books are arranged neatly on a stand in the Central Spokane Public Library, waiting for an interested library ...

Two new movies debuted in the top five at the weekend box office, but neither took the top spot away from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Click to see the top five. Miley Cyrus sued for copying Bruno ...

His first influence musically was his father, Americo Pisano, who played guitar but never professionally, according to John's online biography. He started learning piano at about the age of 10 ...

William Tecumseh Sherman had a lot in common with Ulysses S. Grant. Like Grant, he was born in Ohio. Like Grant, he graduated from the military academy at West Point. Like Grant, he failed as a ...

John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the ...

Actor John Ashton, best known for his role as the by-the-book detective in the "Beverly Hills Cop" franchise, has died, his publicist Alan Somers confirmed to CBS News on Sunday. He was 79. Ashton ...