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Cindy’s 5th grade class was assigned to present an object lesson. She brought her goldfish to school and made her ...

The trial of John T. Scopes, a young high school teacher charged with violating Tennessee’s Butler Act by teaching the theory ...

Get clear lessons through prophets' stories that guide families toward faith, good choices, and strength in truth.

Retiring from the classroom after 50 years in academia, every journalist's favorite Jewish historian is enjoying a victory ...

Jurassic World Rebirth chases away competition at box office Jurassic World Rebirth takes first at the weekend box office, knocking Brad Pitt’s F1: The Movie to second. See whic ...

Read the lyrics to timeless Porgy and Bess songs, including Summertime, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin', and more from the acclaimed ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a ...

The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.

Before O.J. Simpson’s white Bronco led police on a slow-speed chase down a Los Angeles freeway in 1994, leading to his trial the following year, Americans considered the events unfolding ...

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

Hitan" in Arabic, holds more than 400 primitive whale skeletons that offer a snapshot of the evolution of these creatures ...