A 67-year-old Texas man died Tuesday at the Grand Canyon after abandoning an attempt to hike down to the Colorado River. He turned around and began ascending toward the rim before he was found, ...

A New Jersey man being sought on a felony theft charge in his home state was arrested Tuesday in Texas after a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle, officials said.

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An Austin-based popsicle company has gone viral amid a watermelon popsicle social media trend, started by Utah influencer Eli McCann.

One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today.

A man has died after a fireworks explosion on July Fourth in Georgia. The Vidalia Police Department said officers responded to the 700 block of Sly Street for a report of a person injured by fireworks ...

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