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Our Top Stories for the Week of November 7, 2022

It’s been a busy week, from military to political tensions. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories of the week.   Around The World Photo Source…

Our Top Stories for the Week of November 28, 2022

It’s been a busy week, from political deaths to political decisions. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories of the week.   Around The World…

Entertainment News from April 2007

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World Ukrainian President Dissolves…

stem cells

(Encyclopedia) stem cells, unspecialized human or animal cells that can produce mature specialized body cells and at the same time replicate themselves. Embryonic stem cells are derived from a…

Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of October 4, 2021

It’s been a busy week, from malaria breakthroughs to increasing violence in Afghanistan. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top five stories of the week…

Milestone Cases in Supreme Court History

Read about landmark cases that have changed history, from Marbury v. Madison to the challenge to Obamacare. 1803Marbury v. Madison was the first instance in which a law passed by Congress…

Brewer's: Dame Abonde

The French Santa Claus, the good fairy who comes at night to bring toys to children while they sleep, especially on New Year's Day. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Abou ebn Sina

commonly called Avicenna. A great Persian physician, born at Shiraz, whose canons of medicine were those adopted by Hippocrates and Aristotle. Died 1037. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

April 2005

WorldRuling Party Takes Elections in Zimbabwe (April 1): President Robert Mugabe's party, Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), dominates parliamentary elections, taking…

Our Top Stories for the Week of June 27, 2022

It’s been a busy week, from landmark political decisions to forward steps with G7 and NATO. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories of the week…