Just in time for the long weekend. Genetic testing has finally confirmed the official resting place of Christopher Columbus, and scientists who announced the discovery say they also now know his ...

Christopher's death comes less than a month after the death of his and Madonna's stepmother, Joan Clare Ciccone Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. Several ...

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Christopher Columbus was Jewish, DNA experts concluded in a long-awaited investigation into the true origins of one of history’s most famous explorers. Researcher conducted over 22 years ...

Christopher Gerard Ciccone died “peacefully” of cancer with his husband by his side on Oct. 4, a representative confirmed to PEOPLE Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Madonna is ...

DNA samples were taken in 2003 from the bones of Columbus - known in Spanish as Cristóbal Colón - and his son Hernando More than five centuries after he re-shaped history by opening up the New ...

Luis Gil's good week continues. Just three days after learning he would be part of the United States U-20 squad's trip to France from May 15-20, the Real Salt Lake midfielder found out Thursday ...

Christopher Ciccone, Madonna's younger brother, who served as a creative consultant and backup dancer for the pop star before becoming an artist, has died. He was 63. Ciccone died peacefully on ...

A California man accused of calling two companies in Somerville and Cambridge and threatening to “shoot up” their offices with an AK-47 was arrested by federal authorities Thursday, according ...

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis and top department brass began an urgent review Sunday to prevent incidents similar to the one that led to the conviction of officer Christopher Taylor in the ...