After the death of Alexander the Great, a eunuch named Philetaerus established the ancient Greek city of Pergamon a major ...

Hellanicus of Lesbos, born c. 480 BC in Greece, was one of the earliest, most prolific Greek logographers of the 5th century ...

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan died Friday morning at 91, more than two decades after leaving office for the last time and ...

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who halted executions and went to prison for corruption, has died.

A Republican and former pharmacist, he cleared the state’s death row and imposed a moratorium on capital punishment. He was ...

George Ryan, who served as Illinois secretary of state, Illinoia House speaker, lieutenant governor and ultimately governor, ...

A Republican, he imposed a moratorium on capital punishment, saying he could not support a death-row system “so fraught with ...

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan has died at age 91. Kankakee County Coroner Robert Gessner, a family friend, said Ryan died ...

Other notable death in April include basketball Hall of Famer Dick Barnett, “Dennis the Menace” star Jay North, former ...