Late in the summer of 1939, crowds of strangers started showing up at Rhoda Wise’s house next to a city dump in Ohio after she let it be known that miracles were occurring in her room.
A man discovered a 50-year-old letter in a bottle from the Russian navy on the shores of western Alaska. Tyler Ivanoff found the handwritten Russian letter early this month while gathering firewood near Shishmaref about 966 kilometers northwest of Anchorage, television station KTUU reported.
Atlanta’s scorching August heat didn’t stop Megan Nelson from slipping on a long faux fur coat and dressing up like Cruella de Vil for her first Doggy Con convention, a pet event for costumed canines inspired by the upcoming Dragon Con convention.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a “cluster” of lung illnesses that it believes may be linked to e-cigarette use after such cases were reported in 14 states.
Paris’ Stade de France stadium is packed.
In the acclaimed U.S. mini-series “Chernobyl,” Oleksiy Ananenko is hailed as one of three men who helped avert an even greater disaster after the worst...
It is Lisbon’s wedding of the year.
Like millions of other Muslims, Cory Ireza from Indonesia traveled to Mecca to pray in the Grand Mosque.
U.S. scientists announced early Friday they have successfully built functional heart parts out of collagen with a 3-D bioprinter, using a breakthrough...
Diet is already a key part of managing diseases like diabetes and hypertension, but new research adds to a growing body of evidence that it could help cancer...
Among the daily rush of customers ordering coffee to go in Hamra’s Rossa Cafe sits a group of men in their 70s and 80s
Ziad al-Maamari grew up helping his father build a castle.
An unmanned spacecraft India launched last month began orbiting the moon Tuesday as it approaches the far side to study previously discovered water deposits.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Soon, you could get fewer familiar ads following you around the internet - or at least on Facebook.
Bathed in red neon light, hundreds of prostitutes ply their trade from behind windows in the narrow canal-side streets of Amsterdam - and that’s how they want...
A HBO miniseries featuring Soviet-era nuclear nightmares has sparked global interest in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and boosted tourism in Lithuania.
If you like gawking at breathtaking sports cars with enormous engines, flowing aerodynamics and expensive carbon-fiber bodies, then you are in the right place...
The most expensive new car ever sold is a one-off Bugatti luxury sports car that has gone for 16.7 million euros ($18.9 million).
It’s a musician’s dream - rehearse alongside a full orchestra, but in your own living room. And the immersive experience is possible because, yes, there’s an...
The lone gamer appeared to be a dying breed Tuesday at a premier industry event as play took to the cloud where contenders join forces or face off as foes.
Her desserts are often not at all sweet and she couldn’t give a fig if people complain that they don’t look great on Instagram. But that did not stop Jessica...
Marijuana has been shown to help ease pain and a few other health problems, yet two-thirds of U.S. states have decided pot should be legal to treat many other...
Grape varieties brought to France by the Romans are identical to those grown for wine in some of the most famous appellations today, a new analysis of ancient...
Clothes grown from slime mold and Tupperware handbags were among the environmentally friendly designs and ideas presented by fashion graduates at a London...
“Big wave incoming, use your legs!” Gabriella Lazzari shouts as her laughing students try out their new gondoliering skills in the sunshine of Venice’s lagoon.
Tailored suits and leisure wear take center stage at London Fashion Week Men’s this weekend, where designers are presenting their latest offerings for spring...
When dog owners go through a stressful period, they’re not alone in feeling the pressure - their dogs feel it too, a new study suggests.
On a moonlit night off Italy’s coast, fishermen are hauling in the usual catch: cuttlefish, red mullet and plastic waste.
In Jamaica, the spirit of Bob Marley is inescapable: it permeates the Caribbean island nation, even its football pitches - a sign of the reggae legend’s...
A new form of drug drastically improves survival rates of younger women with the most common type of breast cancer, researchers said on Saturday, citing the...
Over the click-clack of the teak loom, Niphon’s family laments the lack of apprentice weavers at his Bangkok silk shop, as modernity lures young Muslims away...
It’s a tall order indeed: How do you make aging, energy-hungry skyscrapers more efficient and less polluting?
In recent times the imperial city of Fez has been overlooked by tourists in favor of Marrakech, but now Morocco’s “spiritual” capital is bustling with...
Egyptian football fans readied to cheer on national hero Mohamed Salah in Saturday’s Champions League clash and tuck into food from a cart whose owner vowed...
For the chef and diners alike, each meal beneath the waves at Europe’s first underwater restaurant is a thing of wonder. “We have this small window next to...
Developers of a multirotor hovercraft billed as the first flying vehicle to be powered by hydrogen fuel cells unveiled a full-scale model this week in...
Streaming services in the Middle East are competing for Arab audiences with U.S. giant Netflix set to release its first Arabic production in June, chasing a...
It’s official: the machines are going to destroy you (if, that is, you’re a professional multiplayer gamer).
It’s past midnight, but a dozen Palestinians are still running and sweating at a gym in Gaza.