PHILADELPHIA -- Curt Simmons, the last surviving member of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies Whiz Kids team, has died. He was 93. His death on Tuesday at his Ambler, Pennsylvania, home was confirmed by ...

Here’s a favorite childhood memory, and other memorable downtown Lancaster thoughts from the mid-1950s. I remember catching the 10:14 bus (that’s the time it stopped at Roseville Road and Lititz Pike) ...

In a recent post I contended that a major cause of the continuous rise in teens’ suicides from 1950 to 1990 was a continuous decline over this period in opportunities for kids to engage in the sorts ...

PHILADELPHIA — Curt Simmons, the last surviving member of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies Whiz Kids team, has died. He was 93. His death on Tuesday at his Ambler, Pennsylvania home was confirmed by the ...

Caught in the middle of Denver's immigrant population surge -- and the consequent federal government crackdown -- are children. This summer a group of volunteers came together in Denver to address the ...

Dubbed one of the "10 most dangerous toys of all time," a miniature atomic energy lab is said to have been a widely sought-after children's toy in the 1950s – and it reportedly included four small ...

Health officials in Washington state are alerting residents to a sharp rise in cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, and medical experts are putting part of the blame on a lack of ...

This year's World Series matchup between Philadelphia and Houston has conjured inevitable memories of one of baseball's greatest playoff series. Certainly the opportunity for Astros fans to gain some ...

Jeff and Mary are two normal high school sweethearts. They go to dances, hold hands, even kiss, but when the option to go to “lovers lane” comes up Jeff and Mary start thinking about worst-case ...