Wednesday’s outage lasted nearly 10 hours, affecting over 1.5 million Verizon users nationwide, hitting cities like New York, ...

What makes a great song? Naturally, a song needs compelling production and sweet melodies, but the most important (and sometimes most underrated) factor is the lyrics. If an artist can tell a great ...

What's that? You don't know who Mike Spohr is? You never bother to look at the byline to see who wrote what? You mainly read BuzzFeed while on the toilet and barely skim the actual post let alone the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Historian and author Carter G. Woodson is known by many as the “Father of Black History.” Tired of having Black people left out of the American story, he created the first Negro History Week in ...

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' move away from recommending routine hepatitis B vaccination at birth is being treated as either a triumph of “medical freedom” or a looming ...

2. In 1137, a 14-year-old girl named Eleanor became the "greatest heiress in the known world." She was, in her own right, the Duchess of Aquitaine and ruled it independently through her two marriages.

Flood of 1916 as seen written at the bottom of the photo. (Photo courtesy of the San Diego Digital Archives) San Diego skies can shift in an instant (like recently). One moment it’s sunny and mild, ...

The Convair B-58 Hustler was a Mach 2 delta-wing bomber built from lightweight honeycomb panels, powered by four J79 engines, and designed to deliver nuclear weapons from a detachable pod. Although ...

Note: An earlier version of this story first ran in November 2024. Thanksgiving is nearly here. Millions of Americans will soon celebrate by tucking in for a big meal with friends and family, by ...