It turns out that the Christmas traditions that many of us hold dear — from Yule logs to Christmas trees and lights — were not originally created for the Christmas holiday, says Dr. Jacqueline Murray, ...
Hundreds of displaced people are experiencing a shortage of blankets and warm clothing, little wood for fires and tents have grown increasingly threadbare over months of heavy use, according to aid ...
From Paris to Lima, with Christmas Day fast approaching, cities around the world are getting into the festive spirit. (21 Dec.) 'When the doubters are loudest, that ...
Flooding is becoming a yearly disaster in South Sudan. Tens of thousands of South Sudanese perch in makeshift communities on the rare high ground of the Jonglei Canal. Seasonal flooding has long been ...
Decades after a Chicago mayor pledged to extend transit to the city’s far South Side, the federal government is committing to the project. (AP Video: Teresa Crawford & Erin Hooley) ...
The water was their livelihood. Now, Indigenous people from Thailand and Myanmar are struggling to preserve a vanishing way of life. The Moken tribal group are nomads of the sea. They've been ignored ...