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A speeding train ran over a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India on Friday, killing at least 50 people

Three coaches who quickly took off their silver medals after last year's title game at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship have won appeals against bans

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Brandeis University(THE CONVERSATION) I’ve spent an awful lot of time in Roman sewers – enough to earn me the nickname “Queen of Latrines” from my friends. The Etruscans laid the first underground sewers in the city of Rome around 500 BC. These cavernous tunnels below the city’s streets were built of finely carved stones, and the Romans were happy to utilize

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Charles Stanish, University of South Florida(THE CONVERSATION) “The Epic of Gilgamesh” is one of the earliest texts known in the world. It’s the story of a god-king, Gilgamesh, who ruled the city of Uruk in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium B.C. Within its lines, the epic hints at how the ancients viewed the origins of their civilization.Gilgamesh’s antagonist, Enkidu, is described

Officials in Poland have taken a step toward the creation of a museum that will tell the story of the life and death of Jews imprisoned in horrific conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto by Nazi Germany during its occupation of Poland

An investigation into clergy abuse in the Buffalo Diocese in New York state, begun months before the Pennsylvania probe, has come to light.

The moment in the spotlight isn't over yet for a Philadelphia Eagles fan who stumbled into fame as a viral video star after running into a subway pillar earlier this year

The music of Motown still beguiles audiences around the globe but the music of Stevie, Martha, the Supremes and Temptations doesn't get heard regularly and reliably in Detroit, the city of its birth

A prominent youth basketball coach in Iowa has admitted to possessing nude photos and videos of 400 boys, including former players and their friends

An Argentine airline says fifteen passengers aboard a flight from Miami to Buenos Aires suffered minor injuries after their plane hit turbulence

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Davide Tanasi, University of South Florida(THE CONVERSATION) Monte Kronio rises 1,300 feet above the geothermally active landscape of southwestern Sicily. Hidden in its bowels is a labyrinthine system of caves, filled with hot sulfuric vapors. At lower levels, these caves average 99 degrees Fahrenheit and 100 percent humidity. Human sweat cannot evaporate and heat stroke can result

Ons Jabeur became the first Tunisian to reach a WTA tennis final, beating Anastasija Sevastova 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup

Chicago Police say they suspect foul play in the disappearance more than two weeks ago of a pregnant 26-year-old postal carrier

Strong earnings from a number of big U.S. companies helped send stocks higher in early trading on Wall Street.

President Donald Trump is praising a Republican congressman for body-slamming a reporter last year, calling him a "tough cookie" and saying he thinks it might have helped him win election in Montana

A global financial body says governments worldwide must establish rules for virtual currencies like bitcoin to stop criminals from using them to launder money or finance terrorism

State media: Turkish prosecutors are questioning Saudi consulate employees over missing journalist

Participants in a 3,000-strong migrant caravan heading toward the United States have gathered in a park to wait a few more hours for members of the group who are still arriving.

The European Union's top court has ruled that Poland must immediately suspend the politically-charged measures relating to the lowering of retirement age for supreme court judges in a move bound to worsen relations between the two

Just 1 in 4 people thinks Brett Kavanaugh was completely honest during his testimony during a pivotal Senate hearing