A 3,300-year-old clay tablet from central Turkey describes a catastrophic foreign invasion of the Hittite Empire, a mysterious Bronze Age state. The invasion took place during a Hittite civil war, apparently in an effort to aid one of the warring factions, according to a translation of the tablet’s cuneiform text. The palm-size tablet was found […]
In a dramatic audio recording played in court Wednesday, a former student of gymnastics coach Oscar Olea described how “he took my virginity”, forcing himself on her after a private lesson at the American Gymsters gym in Key Biscayne. He was in his mid-20s. She was 16. It was an intense day in court that […]
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How is snow made? – Tenley, age 7, Rockford, Michigan The thought of snow can conjure up images of powdery slopes, days out of school or hours of shoveling. For […]
MEREDITH — As temperatures plunged on Mount Washington and ferocious winds made it near impossible to see, hiker Cole Matthes began to drift away from the trail. Then he hit a patch of snow-covered ice and slid hundreds of feet down a ravine. His fall Saturday sparked a rescue mission that would last 11 hours, […]
As temperatures plunged on Mount Washington and ferocious winds made it near impossible to see, hiker Cole Matthes began to drift away from the trail. Then he hit a patch of snow-covered ice and slid hundreds of feet down a ravine. His fall Saturday sparked a rescue mission that would last 11 hours, utilize the […]
Michael Cohen says Donald Trump’s character and growing debts make him dangerous whether he’s in the White House or behind bars. “We need to be very careful about him as a potential president, because he’s for sale. He needs to figure out where he’s going to raise 500 plus million dollars over a short period […]
CRESTLINE, Ohio (AP) — From its earliest days as a village, Crestline was synonymous with trains. A railroad station inspired this northern Ohio town, railroad workers populated it and the passengers who flocked here helped it grow. So it seems only fitting that a politician’s stop in Crestline would go on to popularize the word […]
A witness who survived the mass shooting in Kansas City on Wednesday is speaking out, claiming he heard an altercation just moments before the shots were fired. The tragedy, which left one individual dead and 22 others injured, including a six-year-old and an eight-year-old, occurred during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade when the […]
When the shots rang out, people inside Union Station took off running. Chariah Gordon, girlfriend of Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman Jr., got swept along. She is pregnant with the couple’s second child. “Please don’t fall, please don’t fall,” she told herself as people pushed and shoved against her. Her other immediate worry: “Where’s my […]
A man at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade described the harrowing moment when he tackled a man suspected in the deadly shooting that broke out Wednesday amid the celebration. Paul Contreras told media outlets that he was at the parade with his daughter near Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, when he heard […]
As of Tuesday morning, about 1,250 lorries were queuing at the border between Ukraine and Poland. Source: Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service, on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: “As of now, there are five such checkpoints (where traffic for lorries is blocked – ed.). …A small number of […]
The UK Ministry of Defence has estimated that the latest strike by Ukrainian forces on the Belbek airfield in occupied Crimea has further undermined the potential of Russian aircraft. Source: UK intelligence review dated 10 February, reported by European Pravda Details: UK intelligence pointed out that on 31 January, Ukraine struck the Russian Belbek airfield […]