Japanese climber Junko Tabei was part of an-woman team climbing Mount Everest. Despite almost being crushed in an avalanche, ...

Emma Bushee's sons were serving on six continents. At home, she waited for their letters — and tried to pray them home safe.

A new biography of the French painter brims with reputation-redeeming surprises about the rascal of the South Seas.

( JTA) — Has David Denby written about an American Jewish golden age precisely at the moment it is ending?

On the surface, Andy Farrell’s Lions should beat the Wallabies convincingly. The best of Britain and Ireland against the ...

In photos The details in this photograph include the airglow of the atmosphere dividing Earth from space — yellow-green at an altitude of 75 miles and a faint reddish hue 250 miles above the ...

The Australian 4x400m mixed relay team have made history, taking home Australia’s second ever silver medal at the World Athletics Relay Championship in China this weekend. Watch the biggest Aussie ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Pope Leo AKA Robert Prevost is a confirmed Chicago White Sox fan thanks to this photo from the 2005 World Series.

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"Well Mother, what sort of Christmas did you have at home? As for me, I had a good dinner and two pints of beer," writes ...

If there was a year when dropping out of the top two in the NHL draft wouldn’t be a downer for the second-worst team, as the Chicago Blackhawks did, it might be this year.