There is a tradition central to the functioning of the American presidency that is frequently overlooked: drinking wine. Beginning with George Washington, presidents have used wine to welcome guests, create friendships, and toast alliances....
On Feb. 6, Jennifer Crumbley was convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each of the Michigan high school students her son murdered in 2021. Prosecutors presented her as a negligent mother, so distracted by her...
Just in time for President’s Weekend and the February 12 birthday of the 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, a new book traces how the Civil War leader talked about democracy throughout his career. Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy,...
U.S. and U.K. forces have spent the last month attacking Houthi installations in Yemen, in the name of protecting the “freedom of navigation.” As one senior Biden Administration official explained: “The United States has carried...
This Valentine’s Day, lonely hearts have the option to look for love in romantic simulations. Tell your chatbot of choice what you like and it delivers, creating an emotional exchange so intoxicating that some users have reported...
In New Orleans, like in many other cities and towns, it was once a crime for men to dress as women in public. But in New Orleans, an exception was often made on one special day. During Mardi Gras, police looked the way and audiences...
Last month, after more than three decades as the figurehead of the modern gun lobby, longtime National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO and executive VP Wayne LaPierre stepped down. His departure comes amid a civil corruption lawsuit brought...
In 1855, when Stephen Duncan, the largest enslaver in the United States, reaped a windfall from his cotton plantations across Mississippi, he tasked his banker to ship the crops North, to sell the cotton for cash, and to invest the...
Could the Super Bowl be decided by a field goal as time expires? It’s far from impossible, considering that multiple playoff games this year have already been decided by late missed field goals. And it’s happened before:...
In September 2023, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland canceled the remaining fossil fuel leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, auctioned off during the waning days of the Trump administration. Denouncing the oil...
Disagreements over whether universities should curb the rhetoric of students protesting Israel’s Military incursion into Gaza have been striking in their ferocity, and remain heated more than two months after the disastrous congressional...
Country music singer Toby Keith died on Monday. He was 62. While Keith signed his first record deal in 1993, he became better known outside the country music orbit after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks when he released the hit...
Young people are frustrated by the high cost of housing in places like San Franscico, and they are doing something about it. Victoria Fierce, for instance, moved to the Bay Area in 2015 from Akron, Ohio, in search of a job in tech....
House Republicans impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday. It was only the second time the House chose to impeach a cabinet member in US history. The first time happened almost 150 years ago with William...
A Roman scroll, partially preserved when it was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, has been virtually unwrapped and decoded using artificial intelligence. The feat was achieved by three contestants in the Vesuvius...
For over a decade, an ever-growing array of zealots advocating violence and sedition have been given practically free rein on social media platforms. With sometimes tragic consequences, they easily target some of society’s most vulnerable...
A small cliff in China "lays" egg-shaped stones every 30 years, surprising scientists. Locals in the Jiannan Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern China’s Guizhou Province were amazed to see smooth and rounded stone eggs that...
The alien explanation has evolved into an interesting legend that creates a tourist attraction, helping tourism flourish. Located along the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Tamaulipas of Mexico are the cities of Ciudad Madero and Tampico...
The Mysterious, strange death of Mike Mansholt, a 17-year-old tourist from Germany while visiting the Rabat catacombs in Malta, known as the "Kingdom of the Dead", has brought public attention to the vault. Ancient, Mysterious graves...
The ruins of more than 130 secret doors on the Great Wall, one of the great wonders of the world, were recently revealed through high-resolution images by a research team. According to Xinhua, based on more thorough image analysis...
China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft has brought back to Earth unexpected treasures for science from the celestial body that mankind thought they understood quite well. Analyzing more than 3,000 samples of regolith – a mineral-rich hydrated...
