ONE OF THE early uses of the word was by Lead Belly, who sang about the Scottsboro boys, nine young African-Americans in Scottsboro, Alabama, who were wrongly accused in 1931 of raping two white ...

Her expertise is in personal finance and investing, and real estate. Investopedia / Theresa Chiechi Peak stuff refers to the idea that a certain product has reached top interest and market ...

EVERYONE'S favourite nineties throwback toy is making a comeback, and its owner has opened the very first UK store. Anyone who grew up in the period will remember the virtual pet craze that was ...

One of the explosions occurred during a funeral procession of a Hezbollah member who was killed yesterday in the pager blast. People can be seen scrambling for safety after a device detonated.

A gas explosion in a coal mine in Iran’s South Khorasan Province killed at least 51 people and injured 20, Iran’s state media said on Sunday. The accident was caused by a methane gas explosion ...

The sun has been in a very active phase in recent years. A busy series of northern lights activity will soon come to a peak as the sun reaches its solar maximum stage in the coming months.

The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general. The US Board of ...

Various projections have suggested that carbon emissions from China, the world's largest emitter, will probably peak soon — if they haven’t already — well ahead of Beijing’s pledge that ...

The hip-hop couple won $71 million in their multi-year lawsuit against MGA Entertainment, a toy company they accused of violating the intellectual property rights of their teen girl group OMG ...

Depending on the numbers you choose to consume, it’s safe to say the race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is somewhere between toss-up and lean-Harris.

It was the biggest blast to hit the Lebanese capital in the past year and appeared likely to push the escalating conflict closer to full-fledged war. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the ...