Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

(The Center Square) – The federal government has broken a record: its 20th day of closure marks the longest full government shutdown ever. As of Monday, it is also the third-longest partial government ...

Stefan Becket is a managing editor of politics for CBSNews.com. Stefan has covered national politics for more than a decade and helps oversee a team covering the White House, Congress, the Supreme ...

Just over 500 years ago, on 3 August 1492, Christopher Columbus, the admiral from Genoa underwritten by Ferdinand II and Isabella I of Spain, set off on the first of 4 trips across the Atlantic. He ...

The influenza A virus (IAV) has been the cause of six major flu pandemics, responsible for 50 to 100 million deaths globally. In the U.S. alone, it is estimated that despite seasonally updated ...

THOMASTOWN, IRELAND - SEPTEMBER 30: Tiger Woods of the United States (left) has some cream rubbed into his injured back by caddy Steve Williams on the fourth hole during the first round of the ...

New research along Turkey’s Ayvalık coast reveals a once-submerged land bridge that may have helped early humans cross from Anatolia into Europe. Archaeologists uncovered 138 Paleolithic tools across ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland has had many police chiefs over the years, in part to scandals, and in part, due to the department's cumbersome bureaucracy, including federal oversight and a powerful, ...

Google’s move to shift Maps Timeline data from the web to local device storage has caused widespread backup issues. Many users report being unable to restore or access their Timeline data, with no ...

California may be known as the Golden State, with its shimmering beaches and warm Mediterranean climate. But clinging to the rooftop of the High Sierra are the last remnants of glaciers that have ...

Glaciers in California’s mountains are disappearing fast and will likely be gone by the end of the century. Geologists found that these glaciers have been in place since before humans came to the ...

Here's a brief history of the company Corteva Agriscience's seed business, which will now be known as SpinCo. Iowa-born Henry A. Wallace, a future U.S. vice president, leads a group that founds the Hi ...