ATLANTA More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any year in the nation’s history, topping the peak during the baby boom 50 years earlier, federal researchers reported Wednesday. There ...

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite, Elvis Presley bought Graceland and the Wham-O toy company started selling the Frisbee. In July of that same year, I was born. I’m little hurt ...

Baby Names That Rocked the 1950s Perhaps no decade in US history conjures up more imagery of All-American idealism than the 1950s. A politically conservative era, the '50s introduced the world to some ...

ATLANTA — More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any year in the nation’s history, topping the peak during the baby boom 50 years earlier, federal researchers reported Wednesday.

In 1957, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug called Enovid for menstrual regulation. On the bottle was a warning label stating that this drug had another function—it also ...

Editors' Blog / Analysis & Opinion News Live Blog Morning Memo Where Things Stand Cafe / outside voices & analysis Muckraker / scandal & investigations Prime / Member Exclusives Podcast Features ...

ATLANTA -- A record-setting number of babies were born in the United States in 2007, and it may prove to be just another reminder of prosperity lost. In good times, we reproduce. In bad times, we ...