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On the morning of Aug. 1, 1966, Charles Whitman, a former Marine, stepped out on the observation deck of the University of Texas Tower and aimed his Remington bolt-action rifle at his first victims on ...

Dive into 30 years of Olympic medal history! Our interactive tool lets you search, sort, and explore medal totals from past ...

On May 13, 1787 General George Washington arrived in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Washington was the most famous man in the United States. He had been the commander in chief of the army ...

BOMANDORO, Central African Republic — For the past two years, Guillaume Benam has spent most of his days doing back-breaking labor, hunting for the riches that so many of his countrymen have fought ...

The desert sun beats down from a cloudless sky as Las Vegas landscaper Mat Baroudi roars across Lake Mead in his motorboat. It’s hot. The lake is the perfect place to be on a scorching Nevada morning.

Welcome to the South China Sea, the geographic commons of Southeast Asia’s navigable rimland. Its 3.5 million square kilometers of underlying bedrock contain oil and natural gas deposits that, by ...

Dams have long been used to produce power and water for agriculture, but they can devastate river ecosystems. In a major victory for environmentalists and Native American communities, four aging ...

Các cuộc tấn công khủng bố ngày 11/9 vào New York không chỉ phá hủy Tháp Đôi là điểm nhấn trong Trung tâm Thương mại Thế giới (WTC) của thành phố. Tổng cộng 10 tòa nhà, bao gồm tất cả 7 tòa nhà của ...

J.D. Vance was selected by former President Donald Trump to be his running mate for the 2024 presidential election. Vance and Chilukuri met in law school. She has clerked for Supreme Court Chief ...

The first protests against Assad quickly spread across the country, and are met by security forces with a wave of arrests and shootings. Some protesters take up guns, and military units defect as the ...

Rebecca Solomon is living a nightmare that's lasted more than three years since her daughter and the other Chibok Girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram Boko Haram distorts the Quran to justify violence.