The Muscogee Nation Supreme Court has ruled in favor of two descendants of former slaves held by the tribe
Postal Service marks 250 years with stamps honoring Ben Franklin, mail carriers
The U.S. Postal Service is marking its upcoming 250th anniversary with the release of new commemorative stamps
Iran state TV says an Iranian navy helicopter confronted a US destroyer in the Gulf of Oman
Iran's state television says an Iranian navy helicopter has confronted a U.S. warship attempting to approach Iranian territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman
Harvard under investigation over participation in visa program for foreign students and researchers
The State Department says it's investigating whether Harvard University will remain part of a government program that allows foreign nationals to take part in cultural and education exchange programs
Iranian negotiator doesn’t rule out exiting nuclear treaty if sanctions are reimposed
A top Iranian official has warned that European threats to reimpose sanctions on Iran could trigger the country to withdraw from an international pact that limits the spread of nuclear weapons
Colorado’s AG sues deputy, saying he illegally shared information with immigration agents
Colorado’s Democratic attorney general has sued a sheriff’s deputy for allegedly helping federal immigration agents find and arrest a college student over an expired visa
‘Horrendous blisters’: Retired UK banker, 65, attempts to run 200 marathons in 200 days
Steve James, from Devon, hits halfway mark in coastline challenge as scientists monitor impact of extreme feat The first fortnight was tough – terrible blisters, a flare of gout that needed a visit to A&E and the rapid realisation that running 200 marathons in 200 days around the coast of...
Why do we age in dramatic bursts, and what can we do about it? – podcast
Scientists are beginning to understand that ageing is not a simply linear process. Instead, recent research appears to show that we age in three accelerated bursts; at about 40, 60 and 80 years old. To find out what might be going on, Ian Sample hears from Prof Michael Snyder, the...
‘Long-lived and lucky’ ship wrecked off Orkney was at siege of Quebec, experts find
Archaeologists and volunteers identify Sanday timbers as from 18th-century Royal Navy frigate turned whaler When a schoolboy running on a beach on the island of Sanday in Orkney last year came across the timbers of a shipwreck that had been exposed after a storm, local people knew the ship might...
Google develops AI tool that fills missing words in Roman inscriptions
Aeneas program, which predicts where and when Latin texts were made, called ‘transformative’ by historians In addition to sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a freshwater system and public health, the Romans also produced a lot of inscriptions. Making sense of the ancient texts can be a slog...