In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mount Egmont. In 1840, Māori ...

The Canaanites were there before the Jews who escaped from Egypt, and the Philistines arrived. They all built cities with stone walls. They worked–bronze and copper in hot fires. They farmed and ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade ...

(The Center Square) – Full federal recognition for the Lumbees, the largest tribe east of the Mississippi River, is on the way from second-term Republican President Donald Trump. Reintroduction has ...

After what has seemed like an exceedingly long wait, Yamaha finally plans to launch two of its big bikes in India this year: the R7 sportbike and the MT-09 SP middleweight naked bike. Both are ...

Swimming pools? Not so much. But Carmel High School, which has set state records with 38 straight IHSAA girls swimming titles and 10 straight boys swimming titles, has always been ahead of the ...

Mount Ibu, on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, sent a column of smoke up to four kilometers (2.5 miles) into the sky in an eruption Wednesday. Indonesian officials raised ...

Tribes have traditionally refused to pay taxes but preferred trading with communities, and occasionally offering military services to kings. The epics are full of stories where sages and kings marry ...

The eruption of Mount Kilauea began on 23 December and has paused periodically since, but restarted on 16 January. This stream has now ended ...

The 2025 Festival of Ice is coming to the Carmel Arts & Design District from January 17-19 for an exciting weekend of artistic displays and fun family activities. INDIANAPOLIS— Celebrate winter at the ...

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — One tribe in South Dakota lifted its order banning Gov. Kristi Noem from its territories just days before the Republican was set to appear before a ...

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