The astronomer Edmond Halley, the namesake for Halley’s comet, linked the northern lights to the Earth’s magnetic field, ...

A tense wildlife operation ended with a dramatic release in eastern Russia as a massive Siberian tiger burst from a transport cage. The moment unfolded on January 8 after the animal was involved in a ...

A magnificent sculpted golden comb made by a Greek sculptor is one of the great treasures of the Hermitage Museum ...

Unlike many Jewish communities across the Soviet Union, the Jews of the Caucasus managed to preserve their identity. Shabbat ...

What do your New Year travel resolutions entail? New adventures? Cutting back on air travel? Swapping the daily grind for ...

The Palm Springs Public Arts Committee has approved the relocation of a statue of former mayor Frank Bogert to the Village ...

Long before anyone bothered to keep track of time and dates, Native Americans had been traversing the river bluffs and ...

With steep inclines, frightening heights and rickety floorboards, these are some of the most dangerous bridges in the world ...

FARGO — A group of local college students had “an opportunity of a lifetime” with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra on Tuesday night, Dec. 30. Four students and a professor from the Concordia Orchestra ...

Tweaking holiday traditions is tricky business. There has to be just enough fruit in the cake, after all, or nut in the meg or egg in the nog. The partridge probably wouldn’t work the same in a cherry ...

The Lumbee Fairness Act gives the tribe's 60,000 members access to federal benefits like healthcare and education. The act allows the Lumbee Tribe to pursue federal programs, establish a reservation ...

Ministers have approved a new Chinese embassy in London despite intelligence agencies saying they cannot eliminate the risks ...