Today, people consider "Yule" synonymous with "Christmas." But centuries ago, Yule meant something different — a pagan mid-winter festival, dating back to pre-Christian Germanic people.

Expanded capacity added in the past few years at schools like Liberty Elementary have helped relieve some of the overcrowding. A parent of a student in Fayette County Public Schools is expressing ...

The idea sounds like pure science fiction: a giant cannon that hurls satellites toward orbit at 28,400 km/h, using raw kinetic energy instead of towering rockets. Yet a new generation of space ...

Two parents of unrelated children have filed a lawsuit against a Hutto day care center claiming their baby daughters were exposed at the facility to vape smoke that contained marijuana. The smoke came ...

A Syrian man who was imprisoned for nearly six years at the notorious Sednaya prison shared with Anadolu his memories of torture and the night he was freed following the fall of the regime last year.

The Victorian parliament has passed a bill that could enable children to be jailed for life for committing some violent crimes. The Justice Legislation Amendment (Community Safety) Bill passed the ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A prominent, human rights organization released a damning 61-page report condemning immigration detention facilities in South Florida, detailing alleged torture and inhumane ...