The first recorded creation of chocolate eggs was in the opulent French court of Louis XIV in Versailles, while the first commercially-available examples were in a shop in the Italian city of ...

It was Louis XIV of France, that master of the dramatic flourish, who popularized the use of a cover to ensure the privacy of letters, according to Benjamin. Louis had his secretary cut out forms ...

His only known absence from the city was a trip to France in 1665, when he was invited by King Louis XIV to design an addition—ultimately rejected—to the Louvre royal palace. Throughout his ...

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The bibliography of Philip Mansel’s new life of Louis XIV is as impressive as I expected it to be. It lists every kind of history and biography, as well as unpublished manuscripts, newspapers of the ...

Brood XIV, the latest group of buzzing cicadas, are emerging this spring. This time, billions of them will hit in at least 12 states, experts say. This brood, Brood XIV, is considered the second ...

After 17 years in hiding, billions of cicadas in Brood XIV are expected to emerge soon and infiltrate more than a dozen states. According to USA Today, the buzzing brood typically emerges from the ...

Brood XIV, the latest group of buzzing cicadas, are emerging this spring. This time, billions of them will hit in at least 12 states, experts say. This brood, Brood XIV, is considered the second ...

Brood XIV, as it’s known, is the “Greater Eastern Brood,” according to the University of Connecticut. The cicadas, which emerge from the ground every 17 years, come out when the soil reaches ...

This spring, Brood XIV will emerge from the ground beginning in mid-May and ending in late June. Gene Kritsky, one of the world's leading experts in cicadas, tells WLWT that those who live along ...

ST. LOUIS – Four people, including a former U.S. Postal Service employee, have pleaded guilty to federal charges for stealing checks from St. Louis-area mail. The U.S. Department of Justice ...

The latest brood of 17-year cicadas — Brood XIV — will emerge this spring, and Cincinnati, Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky are in their sights. So how long will these noisy invaders stick ...