After losing his wife and daughter to cancer, Daniel found that returning to an ordinary routine was far more difficult than he had imagined. The home that had once been […]
At first sight, this heavy piece of metal could easily be mistaken for discarded industrial equipment. Its thick cylindrical body, rough construction, and handles welded to the sides give it […]
Nearly 49 years after the kidnapping and killing of Edwina Marter, one of Mississippi’s longest-running death penalty cases came to an end. Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam War veteran […]
Sarah Palin has spent much of her adult life in the public eye, first through Alaska politics and later as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. […]
It started with something completely ordinary: a missing earring. I had been getting ready one morning when one piece from a pair Ethan had given me slipped from my hand, […]
Smartphones have become so integrated into everyday routines that checking one often happens almost automatically. A person may reach for a phone to answer a work message, check the weather, […]
At first, the tiny object can look completely unremarkable. It may appear beside a baseboard, near a bedroom doorway, beneath furniture, or attached quietly to a wall. Its narrow grayish […]
Bananas are among the easiest fruits to recognize, yet the same banana can look and taste remarkably different depending on when you eat it. A newly purchased banana may still […]
In June 2014, Jeremy Meeks could hardly have predicted that a routine booking photograph would become the image that changed the direction of his public life. Meeks was 30 when […]
On January 25, 1998, American couple Tom and Eileen Lonergan joined what should have been another memorable scuba-diving excursion on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. They traveled aboard the MV Outer […]