For 116 years, Edith “Edie” Ceccarelli called Willits home, and Willits called her their own. “Edie is truly a beloved person of our community and an inspiration to all,” 3rd …
By LEANNE ITALIE | Associated Press NEW YORK — Leap year. It’s a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why? …
Associated Press WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. — Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s …
Astronaut Bruce McCandless II approaches his maximum distance from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger in this 70mm photo from Feb. 7, 1984. While testing out the nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled back-pack device …
SAN FRANCISCO — A judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to block the University of California from renaming the former Hastings College of the Law because its namesake …
When the Holga first launched, it didn’t quite capture people the way its creator hoped… but it did spark something. The camera, which first released in 1982, was meant to …
By Graham Lee Brewer | Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — For decades, the University of Pennsylvania has held hundreds of skulls that once were used to promote white supremacy through racist …
Aviator Amelia Earhart and her Electra plane on May 20, 1937. (Albert Bresnik/The Paragon Agency/AP) By David Downey | Contributing Writer The team that believes it found Amelia Earhart’s lost …
By Scottie Andrew| CNN Every year, Americans in snowy states wait with bated breath to see whether Punxsutawney Phil will spot his shadow. And every year, we take Phil’s weather …
The State Historical Resources Commission will consider Friday whether to grant historic designation to the so-called “Last Resort,” a Tibetan-style experiment in sustainable living in Lagunitas that faces possible demolition …