American composer and conductor (born 1932)

The Senate this week voted with unanimous consent to adopt permanent daylight saving time hours to eliminate the need to change clocks twice a year.

former teacher and prison officer

In early Modern Europe, suicide was a sin to be punished with eternal damnation. Some women found an awful workaround: committing murder.

reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme

Butter is high in saturated fat – but margarine is an ultra-processed food. Disentangling which is the queen of healthy spreads is extremely tricky

hoax claiming musician Lavigne is dead

The Dodo serves up emotionally and visually compelling, highly sharable animal-related stories and videos to help make caring about animals a viral cause.

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Paul Carr looks closer at Leicester City's 5,000-1 initial betting odds and how they compare with other recent long-shot teams.

In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history: the theft of Leonardo da Vinci’s immortal painting “Mona Lisa.”

Almost three decades ago, British actor Hugh Grant was caught receiving sexual services from a prostitute named Divine Brown.

Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)

Swedish award winning record producer and songwriter

rock formation in Arches National Park

fictional character by Belgian cartoonist Hergé

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, white-lined ears, a mostly white muzzle and a ringed tail.…

Only New York had more pedestrian deaths between 2011 and 2020 than Los Angeles did. The rising deaths come despite programs in New York and Los Angeles to reduce pedestrian deaths.

Ancient Romans had a unique and meticulous approach to oral hygiene, with toothpaste recipes featuring unconventional ingredients. A key component was powdered charcoal, derived from burned substances such as animal bones and oyster shells, providing the…