The official account of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination has pointed to evidence many conspiracy theorists believe shows that he…
Usain Bolt's extraordinary speed has been explained by scientists with a mathematical model. Usain Bolt’s 100 m time of 9.58…
The daughters of former Indian Maharaja Harinder Singh Brar have won a 21-year court battle to inherit more than $4…
A recently launched website that sells “real” Tooth Fairy toys has been slammed for commercializing a character that once existed…
According to British scientists, the prospect of reversing blindness has made a significant leap. An animal study in the journal…
Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, is in the early stages of labor and was admitted to hospital at around…
One of four surviving copies of the original Schindler's list is up for auction on eBay. The list was featured…
Pioneering journalist Helen Thomas, who covered the White House for nearly five decades, has died aged 92. Helen Thomas died…
Swan Upping is the annual census of the swan population on stretches of the Thames in the UK’s counties of…
Swan Upping, the ancient British tradition of counting swans along Thames River, has begun on July 15. The ritual known…
Russian scientists have released microscopic images of fragments of the meteorite that hit the central city of Chelyabinsk in February.…
A revolutionary Kickstarter project - carbonized coffee fused into futuristic socks - promises to spell the end to stinky feet…
The Statue of Liberty, shut last year after Superstorm Sandy, has reopened to the public on Independence Day. Crowds are…
July is National Hot Dog Month, and according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC), Americans will be…
According to the National Sausage and Hot Dog Council (NHDSC), Americans are expected to eat 150 million hot dogs over the July…
Bad weather is expected to put a dampener on 4th of July celebrations in the south and mid-west with rain…
John Paul II could be declared a saint this year after a Vatican committee approved a second miracle attributed to…
The Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular is an annual television broadcast of the Independence Day fireworks show in New…
Three Chinese astronauts on Shenzhou-10 spacecraft have returned to Earth in a capsule that has landed safely after a 15-day mission…
Solstice, or Litha, means a stopping or standing still of the sun. The summer solstice is the longest day of…
Thousands of people in UK have gathered at Stonehenge for the sunrise on the summer solstice - the longest day of…
Singapore pollution levels reached a new record high for a third day in a row, as smoky haze from fires…
Smog in Singapore soared to hazardous levels again on Thursday, prompting government health warnings. At 13:00 local time Singapore's pollution…
According to the United Nations, 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, with the total number now higher than at…
New details have emerged about the air crash on 27 March 1968 that killed the first man in space -…