By the thousands, onetime Latter-day Saints have turned to an immigration lawyer in Salt Lake City for help. They want to resign their church membership without having to interact with a bishop or any other lay leader.

Police respond to violent scenes in French supermarkets as shoppers rush to grab cut-price Nutella.

East Asia News -CHENGDU (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A pair of panda twins that returned from the US are catching up with local dialects as well as adapting to local delicacies in their new home

Some entrepreneurs found success as teenagers, while others didn't strike until they were in their 60s. Check out the ages of these famous founders.

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The boatlift that helped civilians in Manhattan during the 9/11 attacks is the largest and fastest maritime evacuation, but it's not as recognized as the Dunkirk mission of WWII, writes Jessica DuLong

Aryabhata (Sanskrit: आर्यभट, ISO: Āryabhaṭa) or Aryabhata I (476–550 CE) was the first of the major mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the Āryabhaṭīya (which mentions that in 3600…

Was Bill Clinton's 1994 meeting with Boris Yeltsin the most hilariously awful state visit in history?

Asatro is the worship of the old Nordic gods. Also the worship of giants and ancestors. The old way (Forn Sidr) of the Vikings.

The city sought to sell bonds to pay for the war effort, while bringing its citizens together during the infamous pandemic

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Alfonso “Little Al” D’Arco, acting head of the Luchese crime family, was the first mob boss to turn government witness. He flipped for the feds in 1991 and helped send more than 50 mobsters to

American philanthropist and humanities advocate

More than 2,000 years after Carthage sent Hannibal and his elephants across the Alps in pursuit of the Romans, and Rome in turn retaliated by assaulting and razing Carthage, the two cities are officially making peace.

Nike co-founder Phil Knight hired graphic design student Carolyn Davidson to create the now-famous Nike logo.

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Charles XIV John or Carl John (Swedish and Norwegian: Karl XIV Johan; born Jean Bernadotte; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden (as Charles XIV John) and King of Norway (proclaimed as Charles XIV John, but in recent times referred to accurately…

We might get assigned to vote at a school, church, library or community center. But where we vote actually affects how we vote.

"Everest" is a recognizable word for a large part of humanity but there was one person who did not agree that the highest mountain should bear this name