US could end legal fight against Titanic expedition
The U.S. government could end its legal fight against a planned expedition to the Titanic shipwreck. Assistant U.S. attorney Kent Porter told a federal judge Wednesday that the U.S. is...
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Liberty University agrees to unprecedented $14 million fine for failing to disclose crime data
Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine after the Christian school failed to disclose information about crimes that occurred on its Lynchburg campus, including those involving...
The real meaning of Presidents Day: Yes, it actually has one
Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. Yet here we are.
Surprise! Charlotte, a stingray with no male companion, is pregnant in her N.C. aquarium
A stingray that has lived for years in a North Carolina aquarium without a male companion is pregnant. The animal is named Charlotte and is expected to give birth in...
Charlotte, a stingray with no male companion, is pregnant in her mountain aquarium
A stingray that has lived for years in a North Carolina aquarium without a male companion is pregnant.
Grainy sonar image reignites excitement and skepticism over Earhart’s final flight
There's new interest in one of the past century's most alluring mysteries and a grainy sonar image is at the heart of both excitement and skepticism.
Civil rights leader removed from North Carolina movie theater for using his own chair
The incident occurred Tuesday in Greenville during a showing of “The Color Purple.” The Rev. William Barber II said he needs the chair because he suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, a...
She bought a vase at a Virginia Goodwill for $3.99. It sold at auction for more than $100,000.
Jessica Vincent had just started surveying the shelves of a Virginia thrift store when a vase caught her eye. It was shaped like a bottle and had ribbons of color,...
UNLV gunman had list of targets at the university and 150 rounds of ammunition, police say
Police say the suspect in a deadly shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, had a list of targets at the school and at East Carolina University in North...
Man believed to have fired shots before a Virginia house exploded died in the blast, police say
Authorities say the suspect who fired rounds from a duplex in an Arlington, Virginia, neighborhood before the home exploded is presumed dead. Fifty-six-year-old James Yoo has been identified by Arlington...