The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one ...

Israelis warned to take cover in bomb shelters as Iran launches wave of missiles after vowing 'revenge' for overnight attacks ...

Well, it happened again. We made over four months before someone got gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park, but now ...

The latest allegations of horrific conditions in the Suffolk jail system come after the county recently agreed to settle at ...

Most people know surfers tend to be the victims of a disproportionate number of shark attacks due to the boards that make ...

Shavuot (pronounced Shah-voo-OTE), Hebrew for “weeks,” has been observed since biblical times. It marks the passing of seven ...

To mark Eid al-Adha – Arabic for the Festival of Sacrifice -- Muslims traditionally slaughter a sheep or cow and give away ...

Wilmary Mejia Matos, 18, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Suffolk Superior Court in the death of Brianna Brown, 21.

“I heard a leopard cough somewhere on the slopes above us,” the British explorer Wilfred Thesiger wrote in “Arabian Sands,” ...

MUWASI, Gaza Strip — With the Gaza Strip devastated by war and siege, Palestinians struggled Thursday to celebrate one of the ...

For many people, living with a pet can be a religious experience. Many pet owners say their furry friends are not mere ...

Protests, National Guard deployment, and escalating tensions have spread to cities like New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Austin ...