On Merriam-Webster's words of the year
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'Santa's finger bone' given to English monastery
Santa Claus' finger bone and a piece of the manger that served as Christ's crib were among the relics gifted to an English monastery, a new analysis of a medieval manuscript has revealed.
Trump admin won't call mass killing of Armenians genocide
The Trump administration still does not view the mass killing of Armenians from 1915-1923 as genocide, despite overwhelming bipartisan support by US lawmakers to formally recognize it as such.
Investigation finds possible mass grave sites from 1921 Tulsa race riots
A decades-long effort to recover mass burial plots from the 1921 Tulsa race riot has been spurred forward after an investigation found that two sites in the Oklahoma city may contain unmarked mass graves.
Biggest ever Roman shipwreck found in Mediterranean
Two thousand years ago, this ship was crossing the Mediterranean Sea full of its cargo of amphorae -- large terracotta pots that were used in the Roman Empire for transporting wine and olive oil.
Senate passes resolution to 'commemorate the Armenian Genocide'
The Senate on Thursday passed a resolution formally recognizing the mass killings of Armenians from 1915 to 1923 as genocide, a move the Turkish government has long opposed.
Archeologists unearth lost town in Ethiopia
Archeologists have unearthed the remains of a town from an influential but little-known ancient civilization in East Africa that sheds light on the origins of Christianity in Ethiopia.
'They' named as Merriam-Webster dictionary's word of year
The nonbinary pronoun "they" has been named Merriam-Webster's word of the year.
The most beautiful castles in Wales
Wales is home to more castles per square mile than anywhere on the planet, with over 600 found across this tiny, beautiful country.
Top non-native English-speaking destinations
If you're reading this story, the chances are you've got a pretty good grasp of English.
GOP senator says WH asked him to object to Armenian genocide resolution
The White House asked Sen. Kevin Cramer to block a motion calling the mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire a "genocide" and the North Dakota Republican complied, Cramer told CNN on Thursday.
This is the ultimate dinosaur road trip
Eighty million years ago, a ferocious predecessor of Tyrannosaurus Rex stalked the western shore of an ancient seaway that flooded through North America, slicing the continent in two.
2019 hasn't been easy and the word of the year proves it
If your 2019 went anything like ours, it sounded a lot like this:
Study: Plague probably didn't wipe out Roman Empire
Plague is often depicted as shifting the course of human history, but scholars say an outbreak that has been blamed for the demise of the Roman Empire likely didn't kill half the world's population in just a few years.
Relic believed to be from Jesus' manger returned to Holy Land
A fragment of wood believed to be from Jesus' manger is back in the Holy Land just in time for Christmas.
Matthew Shepard honored with plaque at Washington National Cathedral
The Washington National Cathedral will dedicate a plaque next week to memorialize Matthew Shepard, whose cremated remains were interred there one year ago.
Inbreeding may have helped cause Neanderthals to go extinct
Neanderthals went extinct around 40,000 years ago -- about the same time that modern humans migrated out of Africa. This has led researchers to believe that modern humans won the competition for resources, leading to the demise of Neanderthals.
Huge haul of treasure stolen in German castle vault heist
Thieves have stolen around 100 pieces of priceless treasure from a castle vault in the German city of Dresden, the site of one of the largest collections of masterpieces in Europe.
Egypt hails rare find of mummified sacred animals
Egypt has unveiled an unprecedented discovery of dozens of mummified sacred animals, including cats, crocodiles and two lion cubs, found during the excavation of a tomb of a royal priest.
A history of the plague in China, from ancient times to Mao -- and now
First, they felt pain all over their body.
Another playwright wrote for Shakespeare
It's widely accepted that Shakespeare worked with an uncredited author to complete
Trump awards 8 National Medals of Arts and Humanities
President Donald Trump awarded his first round of National Medal of Arts and National Medal of Humanities to eight recipients on Thursday.
145 graves from historic cemetery discovered at Tampa high school
About 145 coffins believed to be part of a mid-20th century cemetery for the indigent were found buried under a Tampa, Florida, high school, officials said.
How children were taught math under ISIS
Two floors beneath the headquarters of Iraqi Military Intelligence, at the end of a red-carpeted corridor, two doors swing open to reveal a museum of cold, calculated and deliberate horror.
