But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

Step back in time to the 18th century at Colonial Williamsburg, where the colonial era is meticulously preserved and ...

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they contain fractals, following relatively simple ...

Budding artist Bill Engle died before he could paint his seaside masterpiece—so a talented friend did it for him.

Alice Stebbins Wells patrolled dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades and movie theaters, keeping these public spaces free ...

The Gem Theater opened at 113 W. Third Street in 1910. The first showing — a silent film — was “Muggsy Becomes a Hero,” the ...

A University of Georgia study suggests that people born in certain decades may be on track for an unusually long life, ...

Frank Mallon, 82, has a new plan for a 32-foot motor home that once made its way across America to celebrate the Boy Scouts centennial.

When Elijah Hines died 100 years ago this spring, his life was celebrated in a front-page Daily Sentinel article with a ...

If you had asked me a half-a-decade ago what I considered to be the weakness of modern smartphones, I'd have said the battery life. Phones used to last hours at a time, and you'd have to find a ...

Like the 1993 segments, the 1910 portion of “Compensation” depicts the courtship of a deaf woman (Michelle A. Banks) by a hearing man (John Earl Jelks). “I was pleasantly surprised when we ...

"Losing one of our own, no matter where they served, is a profound reminder of the risks we take and the bond we share," OCPD Interim Chief Michael Colbert said of the recent tragic loss of life.