The previously unknown connection of two titans of fast food and music

Our sense of comedy and seriousness in "Huck Finn" says more about America now than America in Mark Twain's time

What if "Huckleberry Finn" actually arose from a Victorian panic about childhood?

The sleepy town of Hannibal, Mo., braces itself for a deluge of Twain devotees inspired by a forthcoming Ken Burns documentary.

Trump held a MAGA rally in Green Bay during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington

Newly uncovered information about the name's origins reveals how shrewd a businessman the author really was

"Mark Twain," Ken Burns' new documentary, brings to feisty, heartbreaking life the most beloved -- and American -- of American writers.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes a saying takes on a life of its own. Here are just a few examples

The young Brit was not expecting to be schooled by Twain -- but it was a rare moment when America did not love him

Samuel Langhorne Clemens anticipated the Donald's special brand of madness in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

From iPad covers to a miraculous digital TV box -- what to get the wonky father with a love for media

Drawing the spotlight away from her own accomplishments, "Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus got political in real life

America's best-known writer rants and raves in his autobiography, and readers can't keep their hands off it

Kilmer's portrayal of Twain focuses on the author's harsh criticism of Christian Science's founder and it's great

Alito sneers at rights after "the latter part of the 20th century" — inviting the reversal of 70 years of progress