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Lakeview, Ore., Courthouse Tower Features Four Clocks

Lake County completed work in 1909 on a new three-story courthouse designed by architect Charles Henry Burggraf. The main tower contained a clock and…

Shaun Usher Reads More Of Other Peoples' Mail

Shaun Usher has built a fascinating career reading other peoples' mail. Best of all, he's not about to be arrested for it, since he compiles letters from…

Russian President Vladimir Putin, here at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow in 2017, has seen U.S. relations reach their lowest point since the Cold War. By waiting over a month to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden, Putin tried to show strength and that "he's ready to take the fight all the way to Washington," Russian political commentator Konstantin Eggert says.

Putin And Biden Signal Chilly Relations To Come

As the president-elect vows to get tough on Moscow, analysts say Russia's leader wants to show he'll take the fight to Washington — and his congratulations delay was just the latest sign.

As the world prepares to ring in 2020, many people are arguing over whether a new decade will also begin on Jan. 1 or whether it will actually begin on the first day of 2021.

People Can't Even Agree On When The Decade Ends

In these binary times, it might not surprise anyone that people can't even agree on when one period of time ends and another begins.

Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) Copper engraving c 1650. During the bubonic plague, ships arriving in Venice were required to sit at anchor for 40 days before landing. This practice, called quarantine, derived from the Italian 'quaranta giorni', meaning 40 days.

Plagues, Epidemics, & Quarantines

What Does History Teach Us About Coronavirus?

Vacant rowhouses line a portion of Franklin Square, a formerly redlined neighborhood in Baltimore. New research shows many communities subjected to discriminatory housing practices in the 1930s are hotter today.

Racist Housing Practices From The 1930s Linked To Hotter Neighborhoods Today

A study of more than 100 cities nationwide shows neighborhoods subjected to discriminatory housing policies nearly a century ago are hotter today than other areas.

A smuggler (in background, behind truck with red cab) bypasses the border crossing in the town of Corinto and leads a pair of migrants on a footpath through a farm that leads from Honduras to Guatemala.

Why People Are Fleeing Honduras For The U.S.: 'All That's Left Here Is Misery'

Hunger, violence and catastrophic flooding are leading more families to flee Honduras for the southern U.S. border than any other country. At least 200 families a day are asking for asylum.

Meadow Mice Invade Klamath Basin in 1957-58

It was called everything from irruption and infestation to invasion and overpopulation. Whatever the word, the Klamath and Tule Lake basins had as many as…

Cows graze in a field in the Podunk section of East Brookfield, Mass.

Some 'Podunk' Town In The Middle Of Nowhere

"Podunk" is supposed to be bleak and isolated. But there are a few things that people who use the term might not know. For one, it really exists. For another, its history predates the United States.

Maybe Next Time: NASA Cancels Spacewalk By All-Female Team

Astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch were all ready to make history. Except for one thing: Both astronauts need medium-sized space suits and there's only one on the international space station.

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