On Christmas Eve 1944, two WWII Marine regiments on Guadalcanal Island faced off in a football game to prove who had the better college players. Not long after, many of them would die in one of the war's biggest battles, in Okinawa, Japan.

August 31 marks the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana's death at age 36. Patrick Jephson, her former Chief of Staff and private secretary, says her infamous TV interview with Martin Bashir "led to direct intervention from the Queen instructing both Charles and Diana to finalize their divorce," which "led to her being in the back of that Mercedes in Paris on the tragic night."

He's sold 400 million books across all sorts of genres, and has collaborated with everyone from Bill Clinton to Dolly Parton. Now James Patterson has written what might be his most amazing story -- his own memoir.

The twists and turns of South Carolina Lawyer Alex Murdaugh's story have so far resulted in 5 bodies and 7 investigations. And he tried to stage his own murder. What do we know?

The President's son has taken up painting and plans to start selling his artwork for prices as high as a half a million dollars. 'It looks terrible,' says CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig, "and that really matters.'

Supporters of the QAnon theory were among those who rioted at the Capitol January 6. What is the story behind the movement?

Shanin Specter, the son of late Senator Arlen Specter, says his father told him former President Donald Trump tried to intervene in the New England Patriots' infamous 2008 Spygate scandal.

What happens when you go from being president to a private citizen overnight? Jean Becker, former chief of staff to George H.W. Bush, recounts backstage aspects of the man many didn't get to see.

Michael Smerconish and Author Carol Leonnig discuss her new book "Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service" about the agency's troubled history and how its apolitical reputation has faltered.

Patrick Jephson, Princess Diana's chief of staff and personal secretary, says Prince Philip's funeral 'could be an opportunity to heal...or to make things worse.'

Patrick Jephson, Princess Diana's private secretary and chief of staff, says it's important to remember the royals are also people — and that 'there's a lot of blame all around" for the current rift.

While President Nixon's resignation was shaking up American politics, the TV, movies and music emanating from Los Angeles were creating a national cultural revolution.

After suffering a spinal cord injury in a 2010 college football game, Chris Norton had only a 3% chance of ever moving again. So his triumphant walk across the stage at his college graduation became a viral sensation.

A Harvard astrophysicist says our solar system was visited by a piece of extraterrestrial technology or debris from a distant alien civilization.

An American couple was stuck in Ghana unable bring home their baby born via a surrogate, because COVID made a required DNA test impossible. But they finally got her passport.

Steve and Zara Wilcox traveled to Ghana to bring home their daughter born via a surrogate. But they're stuck there because of restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

When 1996 Olympics security guard Richard Jewell became a suspect in the bombing, Bob Costas was one of the few to defend him. And Jewell didn't forget.

Before becoming an NFL player, then magician finalist on America's Got Talent, Jon Dorenbos suffered an unthinkable tragedy. How did he survive, and thrive?

Fmr. CIA Counterterrorism Official Phil Mudd joins Michael Smerconish to discuss a new report on defense lawyers who say a 9/11 confession is inadmissible.

On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, 5-6 percent of the public still believes the moon landing was fake. Why?

Retired Navy Admiral William McRaven on sending Seal Team 6 to go get Bin Laden, on not being on a plane crash that killed 23, and why he finds a certain song inspirational.

Award-winning actress Viola Davis tells the Barnard class of 2019 that even if their experiences were traumatic, 'Own it!" .

After 50 years of touring, due to a debilitating medical condition, rock star Peter Frampton says his upcoming tour will be his last.

On the 38th anniversary of his assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, John Hinckley Jr. is a free man, living in Virginia. What's his life like today?

Sportscaster Bob Costas recounts covering the NBA finals during OJ Simpson's famous Bronco chase - and the fact that OJ tried to call him from the car.

Bob Graham, co-chair of the 9/11 congressional inquiry, faults the U.S. for not responding to the Saudi "complicity in the murder of 3,000 Americans."

Star news helicopter pilot Zoey Tur, formerly known as Bob Tur, talks about the process of transitioning genders and what it means to be transgender.

Legal analyst Dan Abrams discusses whether the information gotten via Wikileaks revelations are outweighing the hackers' assault on privacy and democracy.

Former Sen. Bob Graham and Terry Strada, wife of a 9/11 victim, push for the release of 28 pages of still classified material regarding 9/11 financing.