World Nov 01 Airbnb contest winner spends Halloween night in Paris catacombs Brazilian Pedro Arruda had an unforgettable lodging experience over the weekend as the lucky winner of a Halloween contest sponsored by home-sharing company Airbnb. The prize? A sleepover in the bowels of Paris, inside the famous catacombs home to the…
World Nov 01 Cracker salvaged from sinking Titanic auctioned for $23,000 A collector in Greece purchased what is likely 'the most expensive biscuit ever sold' -- a cracker that survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic -- for roughly $23,000 last week.
Nation Nov 01 Kenyans Stanley Biwott and Mary Keitany win 2015 New York City Marathon Kenyans Stanley Biwott and Mary Keitany pounded the pavement and sprinted to the finish on Sunday to win the men's and women's races at the 2015 New York City Marathon, beating out the more than 50,000 participants at this year's…
Nation Oct 31 8 things you didn’t know about the New York City Marathon With the running of the 2015 New York City Marathon, tens of thousands of professional and amateur competitors (and their fans) from more than 100 countries will once again descend upon the five boroughs of the Big Apple. Here are…
Nation Oct 31 Miles of music: Listen to the bands playing at the 2015 New York City Marathon From brass to bagpipes and rock to reggae, more than 130 bands will be scattered throughout 26.2-mile racecourse of the 2015 New York City Marathon to energize and enthuse runners and supporters. But even if you're not huffing and puffing…
World Oct 24 Mapping murder around the globe: Why fatal violence is concentrated in Latin America Earlier this week, Honduran journalist Lourdes Ramírez was one of three women worldwide awarded a 2015 Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation. Her experience as a female journalist is a microcosm of the danger in Honduras,…
Nation Oct 04 Interactive map: Does same-day registration affect voter turnout in the U.S.? View NewsHour's interactive map to compare voter turnout as well as same-day registration laws state to state.
World Sep 20 Pope Francis holds mass in landmark visit to Cuba Pope Francis began the first full day of his landmark visit to Cuba on Sunday with an outdoor Mass at Revolution Plaza, attended by President Raúl Castro and other leaders.
World Sep 19 Prost! Millions cheer with beer at Oktoberfest in Munich Beer drinkers from around the world converged in Munich, Germany, on Saturday, to raise a stein to the start of the 182nd Oktoberfest.
Science Aug 30 Looking for a way to store data for millennia? Try DNA. The breakthrough could lead to the creation of digital archives, storing everything from ancient texts to Wikipedia pages in DNA form that could survive for hundreds of thousands of years without the loss of any data.