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The U.S. Capitol’s turbulent history of bombings, assassination attempts, and violence Amy McKeever © Photograph by JOE MARQUETTE/AFP via Getty Images A gunman opened fire in the U.S. Capitol in 1995, killing two Capitol Police officers who were defending the building. The pair were the first private citizens to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. Today's takeover of the U.S. Capitol by a mob supporting President Trump is unprecedented. But America’s seat of government has endured bombings, a presidential assassination attempt, and even its destruction by foreign forces...

comments A rarely- seen set of LIFE Magazine photos capture the legendary stripper, Gypsy Rose Lee while on tour with the carnival in 1949- Lee was the world's most famous burlesque dancer in the 1930s and 1940s  Born to a ruthlessly ambitious stage mother- Lee spent her entire childhood performing as a second-rate actor in the vaudeville circuit while playing second fiddle to her younger sister who was the star of the show Her mother pitted the sisters against each other and dismissed Gypsy as 'fat' and 'untalented' - her sister later said that Gypsy was the first person to 'be famous for ...