How homing pigeons find their way home across hundreds of miles of unfamiliar territory has puzzled scientists for generations. A new study suggests the answer may...
For most Americans, July 4 is synonymous with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Fireworks, parades, and celebrations commemorate the birth of the nation and...
Celebrity Birthdays – Do you share a birthday? 1 – Tempestt Bledsoe, 53, actress, talk show host, Chicago, IL, 1973. 2 – Sam Worthington, 50, actor...
The move from elementary or middle school to high school can be exciting, but it can also bring stress for students and their families. New teachers,...
When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon in July 1969, the mission was about science, courage, and national pride. But it was also a race. Beat...
Siri turned 15 this year. Alexa is 12. Google Assistant is 10. For more than a decade, tech companies promised a future where an always-listening digital...
Editor’s note: The following opinion piece was written by Claude, an AI assistant made by Anthropic, in response to a prompt from our editor. Claude has...
National Ice Cream Day arrives Sunday, July 19, 2026, giving Americans one more reason to celebrate the sweetest part of summer. The annual observance was first...
Moving to Front Royal or Warren County can bring excitement, opportunity, and a long list of boxes to unpack. It can also take time to feel...
A cooling vest may be one of the most useful pieces of summer gear for workers facing long hours in extreme heat. But “cooling vest” now...
Payday loans can look like a quick fix when money is tight. A few hundred dollars today may help cover rent, groceries, or a utility bill....
Summer brings some of the year’s best reasons to visit a farmers’ market. Sweet corn, ripe tomatoes, juicy berries, and other warm-weather favorites are often at...
Few professional moments feel worse than being asked a question you cannot answer in front of your boss, a client, or a room full of people....
If you grew up not knowing what a stink bug was, congratulations — you remember a better time. The brown marmorated stink bug is a relatively...
The moon is starting to look less like a distant symbol and more like contested real estate. The reason is water. Frozen water is believed to...
In colonial Virginia, you did not need to live near a seaport to participate in global trade. The ships came to you. Long before highways or...
July is National Eye Injury Prevention Month, and for warehouse and manufacturing workers, eye protection is more than a rule. It can prevent serious injury. About...
For six years, a gilded statue of King George III stood in Bowling Green at the southern tip of Manhattan. By the evening of July 9,...
Some retirees want no exposure to the stock market at all. Maybe they were burned in 2008. Maybe they remember 2000 to 2009, when the S&P...
When the 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence, they pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor. For Richard Stockton of New Jersey, that pledge became...
Test your knowledge of the milestones that shaped the nation. Which document served as the first “constitution” of the United States before 1789? a) The Bill...
As America prepares to mark its 250th anniversary, Colonial Williamsburg is bringing new attention to Robert Carter III, a Virginia planter who acted on the Declaration...
You do not need a trip to Washington, D.C., or a massive fireworks show to enjoy a meaningful Independence Day celebration. Some of the most memorable...
In the summer of 1989, a Philadelphia financial analyst stopped at a flea market in Adamstown, Pennsylvania, and bought a small framed painting for $4. He...
In the summer of 1852, Frederick Douglass stood before a Rochester, New York, audience and asked America to face its own contradiction. Invited by the Rochester...
Celebrity Birthdays – Do you share a birthday? 1 – Debbie Harry, 81, singer, Miami, FL, USA, 1945. 2 – Larry David, 79, comedian, Brooklyn,...
Here is something that sounds impossible until you think about it: one day, it may be easier to move some materials from the moon to space...
In June 1776, Thomas Jefferson included a fiery 168-word passage in his draft of the Declaration of Independence that condemned the slave trade as “piratical warfare”...
Benjamin Franklin was appointed to the Committee of Five in June 1776 to help draft the Declaration of Independence. But for much of the work, Franklin...
For 35 years, one of the world’s most famous puzzles sat in plain sight at CIA headquarters. In the courtyard of the agency’s campus in Langley,...