September 11, 2001 was one of the darkest days in modern American history. In a series of coordinated terrorist attacks, carried out by al-Qaeda, hijacked commercial planes were turned into deadly ...

In a new study published in Science, researchers analyzed the impacts of free-roaming bison in Yellowstone National Park.

In 1694, a group of winged hussars gathered to face an enemy army near the village of Hodów. The battle seemed hopeless. The Polish forces numbered about 400; their rivals had at least 100 times as ...

There is no short supply of theories about who built the pyramids. Many suggest that slaves kept by the ancient Egyptians were forced en masse to construct these magnificent ancient wonders. Other, ...

The expression "rule of thumb" has innocuous origins — but many believe that it derives from 18th-century laws about husbands being allowed to beat their wives. We all have a few general rules that ...

Often described as spiritual messengers and attendants of God, Biblically accurate angels sometimes look very different from what you'd expect. In modern times, Biblical angels are almost always ...

In 1983, a 61-year-old Australian potato farmer entered the first ultramarathon between Sydney and Melbourne. Few bet on the farmer winning the race. Not only did Cliff Young have a strange, slow ...

On Oct. 22, 2013, a ninth grader at Danvers High School in Massachusetts named Philip Chism did the unthinkable. At just 14, he brutalized his 24-year-old math teacher, Colleen Ritzer. The reportedly ...

Mary Vincent was a 15-year-old runaway heading to visit her grandfather in California when she accepted a ride from a man named Lawrence Singleton in September 1978 — and it changed her life forever.

Each year, more than 10 million people visit Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Georgia. Though unsuspecting the massive, placid lake might look, it’s considered one of the deadliest in America — indeed, ...

Go inside the brutal murder of Gabriel Fernandez at the hands of his own mom — and the horrific abuse that preceded his death in May 2013. Often, child abuse happens behind closed doors. But the abuse ...

Brittany Norwood crushed her co-worker Jayna Murray's skull and severed her spinal cord in a brutal 2011 attack now known as the "Lululemon murder." Lululemon Athletica, the company that sells ...