An 85-year-old scholar's walk across the stage at Tennessee State University is a strong example of perseverance.

85-year-old Charles Whitman Dabbs graduated from Tennessee State University last weekend with his doctorate.

In November 2001, David Gunby died of lifelong kidney disease in a Fort Worth, Texas hospital. Gunby, 58, became the 17th murder victim of Charles J. Whitman, the monster who put shooting massacres on ...

People are oddly fascinated with horrible happenings. We get it. Some want to see the evidence and make contact with people who perpetrated the crimes. But it’s still stunning to see the gun Charles ...

A puff of smoke from sniper Charles Whitman's rifle emerges from the observation deck of the Tower at the University of Texas at Austin on Aug. 1, 1966. Whitman killed 16 people and wounded 31 before ...

WHAT IT’S ABOUT On a hot August day in 1966, a former Marine named Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the Main Building tower at the University of Texas at Austin lugging several rifles and roughly ...