More than 200 wildfires are raging across Central and Western Canada. That smoke is creating hazy skies in New England and prompting some air quality alerts.

The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.

It's easy to lose oneself down the rabbit hole of medieval murder for hours, filtering the killings by year, choice of weapon ...

The northern lights may be visible over a large swath of New England tonight due to a large geomagnetic storm, possibly even dipping into northern Rhode Island. "The G4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm ...

The northern lights may be visible over a large swath of New England tonight due to a large geomagnetic storm, possibly even dipping into northern Connecticut. "The G4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm watch ...

The 1975 suspense film classic served as merely the dorsal fin of our fears that lurked under the pop culture surface. “It ...

At the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), a team of scientists just published an interactive map that explores what all five boroughs of New York City looked like 400 years ago—and you can search ...

In an early case of industrial espionage, Robert Fortune disguised himself as a local and took tea leaves and the secrets of ...

Steve Neavling. The FBI’s storied fight against the Mafia in Boston has come to a quiet conclusion. Recently, the agency disbanded its organized crime squad, reassigning agents to other priorities as ...

The island of Ireland, has a long, complex history shaped by political and religious conflict. The roots of this division ...

He may have betrayed her to the Church—she may have had him killed. Researcher uncovers medieval murder in modern-day maps.