The Pet Rescue and Adoption Act aims to crack down on mass-breeding operations and promote the adoption of homeless pets.

Information, pictures, history and more of Memorial Stadium, home of the Nebraska Cornhuskers

Researchers find vitamin D helps the body fight acute respiratory infection.

Frederick II (26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225. He was the son of emperor Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty and…

principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate unlikely explanations for a phenomenon

A stolen dog embarked on a volunteer-driven road trip to reunite with his family for Christmas after being found 2,000 miles away from home.

A new set of maps charts the world’s oldest companies—and exposes the ways many of them relied on slave labor.

2019 brought with it widespread incidence of influenza across the United States, with the majority of states reporting regional or widespread flu activity.

There have been reports of people diagnosed with H1N1 influenza, the strain identified in the pandemic…

There are more than 100 different “Newcastles” or New Castles” around the globe, in many different countries and in many different languages. The idea of linking towns and cities …

by Bill Benzon The idea has been around since 1793 when Dr. Benjamin Rush wrote an essay “A Plan of a Peace-Office for the United States.” Rush was a Philadelphia physician, the founder of Dickinson College, the father of American psychiatry, an abolitionist…

Sure, his coloring makes him look good against a red background, but it turns out that in the early days of firefighting, the Dalmatian served an important

Decked out in special boots to protect his feet from the scorched ground, Bear has been searching for koala...

At one point dubbed "Public Enemy No. 1," Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd was best known for his constant run-ins with police and violent bank robberies.

Anyone who owned an original Xbox remembers the first time they were alone in the room with the console while it was sitting on the dashboard doing nothing. The silence of whatever you […]

American actor and professional wrestler

In 1897, the California native went to the frozen North looking for gold. What he found instead was the great American novel

We all know about his kite-flyin’, library-establishin’, Declaration-signin’, newspaper-printin’, lady-killin’ ways. But let’s celebrate some of the Founding Father's lesser-known but very cool contributions to society, on what would be his 312th birthday.