Most of the slaves were of Bantu ethnicity. The Umayyad and Abbasid caliphs bought them to train as soldiers, though their loyalty was questionable; this was proven in 696, when Zanj troops rebelled ...

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said the execution of a man convicted of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter could move forward, even as a state house committee seeks to subpoena ...

La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns into a love relationship.

Robert Downey Jr. might be devoid of iron, but he's sure got some steel. The Academy Award-winning actor, 59, is speaking out about rapid technological advancements and how he plans to fight back ...

In recent years, we've seen a number of actors express concern about the potential for AI likenesses to be made of them without their consent. Count MCU Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. among them ...

The 'Forrest Gump' co-stars reunite for the boundary-pushing director's latest high-concept experiment, in which appalling de-aging technology distracts from what matters. In Hollywood, most ...

In a last-minute effort to save the life of a man on death row, a bipartisan group of Texas legislators has just done something extraordinary: they have unanimously subpoenaed Robert Roberson ...

On Thursday, a subpoena from a committee of the Texas House bought death row inmate Robert Roberson — who was hours away from becoming the first American put to death for a conviction involving ...

Three decades after making “Forrest Gump,” director Robert Zemeckis is once again looking back in time and pushing filmmaking boundaries as he reteams with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for his ...