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The explosions, which occurred over several days, are being blamed on a buildup of methane gas. When the first one shook the mine in the Komi Republic in northwest Russia, 111 miners were underground.

The latest hurricane models are using lightning-fast supercomputers to crunch ever-more data. And they're getting better.

For now, the coronavirus pandemic has stopped tourists from visiting the ancient tree in Fukushima prefecture. "No matter what," says the tree's caretaker, "the cherry blossoms are still there."

At least 17 residents at an assisted living home in Atlanta died of COVID-19 this spring. It is the company's only home in Georgia in a Black neighborhood and the only one to suffer a severe outbreak.

Last week, a North Korean missile flew over Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Normally a peaceful place known for its ski resorts, its residents are rethinking the threat.

The flu pandemic of 1918 to 1919 stands as the deadliest in modern history. It infected some 500 million people, about one-third of the world population,…

A 1916 article in the Klamath Falls Evening Herald described how tears flowed as people watched the sheriff smash with an axe 168 bottles of “good…

The area around Clovis, New Mexico yielded many archaeological treasures over the years. That's why the earliest human inhabitants of North America are…

The Army general has a voracious appetite for history — and Boston sports teams. If approved by the Senate, the 60-year-old Massachusetts native will take the helm next summer.

Natural history and the arts collide when the Britt Festivals Orchestra plays at Crater Lake later this week (July 29-30). A portion of the orchestra,…