Three Teens Charged; Done On Purpose, Authorities Say

An associate professor at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy told the jury that the failure of the Conception's captain to have a roving patrol at night caused the death of all 33 passengers on board.

Photographer Carol Highsmith was outraged when she received a $120 invoice for using a photograph she had taken.

German military occupation of Denmark during World War II

NCI's Dictionary of Cancer Terms provides easy-to-understand definitions for words and phrases related to cancer and medicine.

formerly the maximum possible score in the sport

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.

French cave explorer

American actor

1998 accident where a US military airplane cut the cable of an aerial tramway

Ghost town in Okanogan County, Washington, USA

American professional wrestler, actor, and politician

glaze used on cookies or cakes

Alexander Vavilov, whose parents were Russian spies, spoke out after a court ruled he is Canadian.

The Samoyed (/ˈsæməjɛd/ SAM-ə-yed or /səˈmɔɪ.ɛd/ sə-MOY-ed; Russian: самое́дская соба́ка, romanized: samoyédskaya sobáka, or самое́д, samoyéd) is a breed of medium-sized herding dogs with thick, white, double-layer coats. They are spitz-type dogs which take…

It seemed too good to be true: a smuggler's plane stuck in one of Yosemite's frozen lakes, with three tons of primo weed there for the taking.

‘Containerization’ is coming to New York City. Imagine not seeing giant piles of plastic garbage bags on every street.

demilitarized zone in Korea

Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (c. 1137 – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family, he was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded…

American physician (1825-1889) who treated President Garfield in 1881