Beyoncs Newest Record Dives into Country Music History American music star Beyonc released her new album Cowboy Carter last week. The singer said the country music record was born of an earlier experience in which she did not feel welcomed by the cou...
US Sports Fans Hope AI Will Help with March Madness Brackets The American college basketball tournaments known as March Madness begin this week. College basketball, or National Collegiate Athletic Association (N.C.A.A.) basketball, is very popular in...
Vernal Equinox Marks Arrival of Spring This year, the vernal equinox officially arrives on Tuesday, March 19 at 11:06 pm in Washington, D.C. That is 3:06 UTC on Wednesday, March 20. At that time, the sun will be exactly above the Earth's equator. The...
Secrets of US Presidential Diaries One early morning in Washington, D.C., many years ago, the president of the United States took off his clothes and jumped into the Potomac river. Moments later, he saw a dead man float to the surface. The president...
The Wild Winter Sport of Skijoring What do you get when you cross the sports of rodeo with skiing? An extreme winter sport called skijoring. The competition involves riding horses that tow skiers by rope over jumps and around barriers. At the same ti...
Greek Grandmother Makes Scarves for Children in Need In her small home in the capital of Greece, Athens, 93-year-old Ioanna Matsouka has knit thousands of brightly colored scarves for children in need from Greece to Bosnia to Ukraine. She has no plan...
Filipino Man Makes Library in His Home A good book is easy to find. That is the message on a sign at Hernando Guanlao's home in the Makati area of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Guanlao has turned his home into a free public library. Visitor...
War and Peace at the Oscars American film Oppenheimer was the big winner at the Academy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles, California. The Academy honored the film about a creator of the atomic bomb with seven Oscars. The televised event presented a usual...
France's 'Invader' Could Surprise Olympic Games Visitors When visitors come to Paris for the Olympic Games starting in July, they will be entering the territory of France's most famous street artist: Invader. It will be one invasion coming face-to-fa...
An Italian Shop in Rome Is Behind 17 Academy Awards In many movies, the clothing the actors wear is an important part of the story. In Rome, there is a workshop that has been a big part of Italian and international film history for 60 years. Tirelli...
Last Member of 1st Team to Top Everest Says Mountain Crowded, Dirty The only living member of the team to first climb to the top of Mount Everest says the mountain is too crowded and polluted. Ninety-one-year-old Kanchha Sherpa was part of the team t...
Locals Worried about Olympic Surfing Event in Tahiti The Summer Olympic Games this year are in Paris, France. Paris does not have an ocean. So, how do organizers plan to present competition in the sport of surfing? They are taking that Olympic event...
In Cyprus, Former Pilot Makes Halloumi Cheese the Old Ways On a recent cold winter night in the Cypriot capital Nicosia, long lines of people began to form in a public parking area. The crowd was gathering for the arrival of cheesemaker Pantelis Pant...
Keeper Wants You to Know Vaticans Secrets The Roman Catholic Church has been trying for years to inform the public that its secret collection of documents is not secret. The Vatican has opened documents of World War II-period Pope Pius XII to researc...
Polands Traditional Dance Honored by UNESCO The polonaise is a traditional Polish dance that was once banned in the country. Now, the United Nations is honoring the dance. UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Org...