Since the early 20th century, Christmas has evolved from a religious holiday to a hugely popular cultural holiday observed by ...

The Great Famine of 1315–1317 was one of the worst catastrophes of the late Middle Ages. Persistent rain destroyed crops, livestock starved, and diseases spread among the weakened population.

English as a Second Language tutoring at the Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St., Phoenicia, runs every Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7 ...

The Binghamton Local Section hosted an ACS Program-in-a-Box event and took part in the illustrated poem contest. The event ...

For all their hard work, peasants had a fair amount of downtime. Add up Sundays and the many holidays, and about one-third of ...

In the late Middle Ages, Christianity was widespread in Europe and Christmas celebrations every December were the norm in ...

Volunteers from the Druze religious sect in Israel have built a lifeline of aid to help fellow Druze in Syria. The effort now shapes survival, power and the future of Syria’s Druze.

The students of Whitman Middle School no longer get surprised if a chicken pokes its head through an open classroom window and interrupts their study with a cluck. That's because during the past year, ...

The idea of having a little guy that followed you around and told jokes seems fun, right? At least, that’s what we see in the ...