On Oct. 30, 1938, CBS News Radio listeners were sent into a frenzy listening to Orson Welles' reading of H.G. Wells' "War of ...

And when people are convinced that they know a secret, world-shaking truth, they are willing to wait a long time for ...

Just over 40 years ago, in his novel Contact, astronomer Carl Sagan imagined what it would be like to detect radio signals beamed from other intelligent lifeforms in the galaxy. In the story, these ...

One of the great U.S. foreign policy fiascos shows that presidents sometimes ignore the advice to hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Brigade 2506 landing craft at the Bay of Pigs after ...

April 14, 1936, was the first live radio broadcast of a Phillies home game. On the 90th anniversary of this very important milestone in club history, let’s take a look back at that initial broadcast.

Iran has threatened to sink American ships policing the Strait of Hormuz amid the blockade — and wildly claimed that a US ground invasion would be “great” as it would allow the regime to make billions ...

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Word has apparently traveled down the continent to the transgender communities in Mexico, Honduras, and elsewhere: If you make it all the way to California, the government will pay for your shelter, ...

A research team has developed a new approach to detecting life beyond Earth that does not rely on identifying specific biological markers. Instead, the study suggests that life may be detectable ...

Israel and Lebanon have opened talks for the first time since 1993. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the ambassadors of the two countries, as Israel continues to fight Iran-backed Hezbollah in ...

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