Discover Ripon's rich Christmas history from the early 1900s, featuring Santa's evolution, postcard traditions, and the rise ...

Chelsea and Bayern Munich advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women’s Champions League as the league phase ended with a ...

When Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, he gave the world its first device that could both record and replay sound. A vibrating diaphragm pressed a stylus into soft wax, carving microscopic ...

In 1889, a San Francisco tavern called the Palais Royale debuted a hot new attraction: a modified Edison phonograph that, when a customer inserted a nickel, played music from a single wax cylinder.

Seven years ago the U. S. phonograph and record industry was so sick its own backers almost gave it up for dead. Today, it is not only up and around again; it has fattened into one of the fastest ...

We know the melodies that soared through his mind, but did you ever think you would be able to hear Tchaikovsky’s actual voice? Well, it turns out you can. Take a listen to Tchaikovsky talking to some ...

But there’s one man – and a very strange invention we would likely never have listened to music without – who we have to thank for it all. The story of sound recording, and reproduction, began 143 ...

You might be old enough to remember record platters, but you probably aren’t old enough to remember when records were cylinders. The Edison Blue Amberol records came out in 1912 and were far superior ...

After nearly 20 years of delays, the Real ID deadline is finally here. Beginning May 7, Americans planning to travel domestically are required to use the enhanced form of identification. The ...

It's a nightmare for any traveler: getting to the airport and not having their ID. For many Americans, a version of that headache will become a reality starting today when the federal government ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The deadline to get a REAL ID is fast approaching after years of postponements and delays. Watch an explainer about REAL ID from PBS News in our video player above. Starting May 7, ...

Starting May 7, 2023, the TSA will require REAL ID-compliant identification for adults at airport security checkpoints. Travelers can obtain a REAL ID by providing documentation such as full legal ...