"It seems that we are really close to the origin of the bacteria." A Stone Age hunter-gatherer who lived in present-day ...

The medieval period was one of social upheaval, and there is a list of villages, once part of local landscapes across the ...

The Black Death is a disease I am sure most of us have heard of, with its bursting pustules, rats, and overwhelming death ...

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” The words are Ecclesiastes 1:9 – among my ...

California officials denied—and tried to hide—the first plague epidemic that reached U.S. shores Sarah Holzmann Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague infections, all stemming from the ...

The four-time Oscar nominee passed away at his daughter’s home on Jan. 15, five days before his 79th birthday. Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ...

Perhaps you’ve found yourself the recipient of an invitation with a black-tie dress code. Maybe it’s a wedding, a gala, or another equally formal event. At a time when our day-to-day attire ...

Don was first seen as Mervin in the Death in Paradise 2024 Christmas special. Don, who's also enjoyed parts in Sherwood, Shetland and Doctor Who, says: "Being offered the new lead role in Death in ...

Powderham sits alongside the River Exe estuary just south of the county’s ancient capital of Exeter. It has long been both at the geographic and cultural heart of the county and has belonged to just ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ...