Smithsonian Magazine

Popular Lore Claims That William Howard Taft Got Stuck in a Bathtub. New Research Sheds Light on the Legend’s Forgotten Origins

A long-overlooked 1929 account contains the earliest known reference to the anecdote, suggesting that the 27th president ...

Parents let 1-year-old die with 'pieces of his bed' in the back of his throat, then casually told 911 the child was 'beyond help': Police

A mother and father in Michigan are accused of abusing their 1-year-old son in their home until he died malnourished, cold, ...

Career criminal accused of breaking into home, climbing into bed with child as family slept

An Oklahoma man allegedly broke into a family's home and climbed into an 11-year-old's bed. Charles Bradford faces ...

Mom who locked 6 kids, including newborn, in 'putrid' storage unit overnight with only bucket for toilet will avoid prison

Azyia Zielinski was sentenced to 18 months probation for locking her six kids in a storage unit overnight with only a bucket ...