For the first time in roughly six centuries, London’s skies may again carry the long, steady wings of the white stork. These large birds once lived alongside people, nesting on rooftops and feeding in ...

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Paula Dormer rolled up her sleeves and accepted the challenge. She relished the change of scene, even though the tiny village ...

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Archaeologists initially believed a stone slab at the northern end of the pit to be a grave.

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In the medieval period, when Arabic chroniclers recorded eclipses, they usually noted concurrent deaths of rulers. And in Europe, a solar eclipse in 1133 was so closely associated with the 1135 death ...

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Mardi Gras, also referred to as Fat Tuesday, is celebrated before Ash Wednesday.

As Trump puts America First before the Munich Security Conference, the alliance's eastern border may be its next flashpoint.

Likely related to clashes between the kingdoms of Mercia and East Anglia, the site included the remains of a 6-foot-5 man who had undergone brain surgery ...