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Much-loved Scottish children's entertainer Glen Michael has died aged 99. Here, in a 2014 interview, the entertainer talked Cartoon Cavalcade, ...

An amateur football team that went viral in 2023 after giving up 51 goals in a single match has gone under. St Machar Thistle AFC, based in Aberdeen, suffered the ignominious defeat in the first ...

When baseball coach Teed Wertz housed one of his students, Ty Kaunas, two summers ago, he didn’t know what to expect. It was the first time Wertz took in one of his players, and he wasn’t exactly sure ...

Today in History for July 14: In 1430, Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.

LGBT+ representation on TV still isn’t perfect – but a lot of hard work has been done over the years to make sure things are better than they were. To celebrate the work done to make TV more ...

Caladesi Island, only accessible by boat or ferry (or a very long walk from Clearwater Beach for the ambitious), consistently ...

Thirty percent of the 2,100 Americans surveyed for the 2025 American Dream Snapshot said their family is already living the dream – up from 29% last year.

Alvin Kamara wasn't satisfied with his first pitch at Saturday's Chicago Cubs game, so he asked for another try.

“They understand the standard, really close-knit group, really proud, come to work every day, get after it, and that really translates over into spring football." ...

Jaydon Blue may be gone to the NFL now, but that shouldn't keep the Texas Longhorns running backs from another productive season on the ground.

Javari Barnett is a three-star Class of 2026 running back from Florida who decommitted from Illinois and chose Alabama on June 23, 2025.