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How do you say "in excelsis"? You know, Latin for "in the highest," like in "gloria in excelsis Deo" or "hosanna in excelsis," quotations from angels in songs we seem to hear a lot in December. Since it's not English, a ...

"Dance Moms" fans may be shocked to learn that after years of watching Kendall Vertes competing with Abby Lee Miller's famed ALDC, her dreams don't involve becoming a professional dancer.

The Austrian city's New Year's Day concert is a beloved event, and key anniversaries and conductor Gustavo Dudamel will make this one extra special.

Some people hear the line in the Christmas standard "Baby, It's Cold Outside" about, "Hey, what's in this drink?" and can't help but think of Bill Cosby. Tucker Carlson hears playful flirtation. The song was written duri...

In 1889, President Benjamin Harrison set up an indoor Christmas tree for visitors to enjoy. But it was President Calvin Coolidge who really made the holiday a public event when he lit the first national Christmas tree on...

At this time of year, we should all take a moment to acknowledge the sacrifices of the men and women who have been fighting so bravely on our behalf lo these many years, waging a difficult battle against an enemy that se...

Michelle Obama talked to Oprah in her last solo interview as first lady.

A serial thief who robbed dozens of fast food restaurants at knife-point pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbing 40 stores throughout Long Island and Queens. Khalif House, 24, stole over $18,000 from a series of stores includi...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) issued its highest level of alert for aviation after reports surfaced about a brief eruption of Bogoslof volcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The volcano erupted Tuesday forming...

Demonstrators are seeking the ouster of the president, who has whoremained in power beyond his constitutional mandate

The Independent Republic of California has yet to be established, but it just opened its own embassy in Moscow. Presentation to the press at the opening of the Embassy of the Independent Republic of California @CAEmbRu @...

Intense jockeying for diplomatic posts has begun among donors and loyalists to Mr. Trump and, in some cases, among people close to his children.

In a league of her own

Tultepec, near the capital city, is the center of Mexico's pyrotechnic industry -- and the risks that come with it

Snowball fights. Upside-down American flags. Out-of-town agitators. These are among the evils perpetrated by Dakota Access Pipeline protesters according to Know the Truth, a series of gonzo propaganda videos produced by ...

This heap is a diamond in the rust. The Aston Martin DB4, which was left in the woods in Massachusetts for more than 40 years, could sell for nearly half a million dollars at auction on Jan. 18. Rolled out in 1958, and a...

Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) and Dick Casablancas (Ryan Hansen) could not stand the sight of each other in the show "Veronica Mars," but in real life, the actors who play them are really great friends. Bell and Hansen ev...

The president is making use of an arcane provision in a 1953 law to ban offshore leases in the waters permanently

Over the past four years, astronomers associated with the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) project at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa have repeatedly scanned three-quarters of the sky ...

2016 continued the decline in death sentences and executions

It looks like Harvey (Gabriel Macht) is left with no choice but to step up his game following Jessica's (Gina Torres) departure from Pearson Specter Litt (P.S.L.). In a recent interview with TVLine, "Suits" creator Aaron...

UPDATED: 6:40 p.m. EST -- The death toll from an explosion at an open air fireworks market in Mexico has risen to at least 27 people, the director of civil protection in Tultepec announced. A local journalist tweeted in ...