To get in character for Jungle Fever, Halle Berry "didn't shower or take a bath for like two weeks." She said, "Nobody said ...

To get in character for Jungle Fever, Halle Berry "didn't shower or take a bath for like two weeks." She said, "Nobody said anything to me, but everybody sort of started to keep their distance. It was ...

April 14, 1935, dawned clear across the plains. After weeks of dust storms, one near the end of March destroying five million acres of wheat, people grateful to see the sun went outside to do ...

A lot has changed since "Black Sunday" and the Dust Bowl, including improvements to soil conservation techniques, and the creation of national grasslands, to prevent another Black Blizzard.

Karen Russell’s “The Antidote,” her first novel since Pulitzer Prize finalist “Swamplandia,” does not make it easy on reviewers. This is partly a factor of the Dust Bowl-era novel’s structure, which ...

Karen Russell’s “The Antidote,” her first novel since Pulitzer Prize finalist “Swamplandia,” does not make it easy on reviewers. This is partly a factor of the Dust Bowl-era novel’s ...

This is the first part of a two-part conversation. “Drylandia!”: ‘The Antidote’ digs into the Dust Bowl with characteristic Karen Russell charm and magic in the author’s sophomore novel ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The perils of the Dust Bowl can be dated back to the Homestead Acts in the late 19th century, inwhich policymakers in Washington allowed ...

Karen Russell, bestselling author of “Swamplandia!” and other novels, will discuss her latest work, “The Antidote” in Houston with Inprint on April 14. On April 14, 1935 a massive dust ...

Melania Trump is one of the most mysterious figures in politics. The First Lady of the United States is serving her second term in the role and is busy filming a documentary produced by Amazon Prime ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A new turf field, designed for several sports, is coming to Totten Intermediate School (I.S. 34). On Wednesday, Principal John Boyle welcomed Borough President Vito ...

It is often hard for us to fathom the events of the Dust Bowl. Refugees from Oklahoma and Texas worked their way across the Southwest headed for itinerant farm work in California. Most went with ...