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Astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin spent nearly a year in “utter bewilderment” after arriving at the Harvard College ...

Jerry Hal Salitermann, who was charged for his involvement in the 2005 theft of the since-recovered Wizard of Oz ruby ...

Spend a long weekend in our nation’s diverse, dazzling capital, with food from across the globe and free world-class museums.

President Donald Trump is making more federal cuts, this time targeting an international media organization, public libraries, and homelessness reduction.

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With the Future Museum building rising out of the ground in its new location, fabrication of the exhibits for the interior ...

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U.S. presidents have used autopens since Thomas Jefferson; the first to use an autopen to sign a law was Barack Obama.

University of Arizona Professor David Soren's excavation at the site of a fourth century Mediterranean earthquake revealed 3 skeletons — 2 adults and a baby — crushed together under stone.

To mark the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the New York City Public Schools system asked Walter Greason, Ph.D., the leading ...