Almost everything we associate him with—the North Pole, the sled, the reindeer—is a 19 th-century confection ... He had ...

The gist of it is this: In 1087 two Italian cities, Venice and Bari, raced to be the first to steal the bones of St. Nicholas—known to us as Santa Claus—from a basilica in what is now southern Turkey.

In Chicago, where the suburbs served as locations, a showing of the film featured an appearance by the star. Delighted fans ...

We have two more chances for more snow and several very cold days before Santa Claus arrives in Massachusetts.The storm that ...

The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings was charged on Tuesday in the death of a seventh woman.

The initial investigation indicates that a group of hunters were following a bear that had run up a tree. The DWR said a ...

AVIGNON, France — A court in France on Thursday sentenced the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was ...

For years, women had been disappearing on Long Island. Then in 2010, investigators searching for a missing woman began finding 10 sets of human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway, ...

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is defending her friendship with U.S. tech billionaire and Trump advisor Elon Musk. She told ...

Serial killer movies are interesting, to say the least. Interesting, not just from a storytelling point of view but also because of the fact that they are so popular despite their central subjects ...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Emergency services in Liberia were tackling a fire in the parliament building on Wednesday which broke out as opposition protests spilled into a second day. Authorities did ...