The Last Intact Ecosystem on Earth

Back from the bottom of the world — where she had just experienced her second winter solstice in six months — Kristin O’Brien parked her shopping cart at the fish counter of a Fairbanks grocery.

Back from the bottom of the world — where she had just experienced her second winter solstice in six months — Kristin O’Brien parked her shopping cart at the fish counter of a Fairbanks grocery.

President Barack Obama will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican during a week-long trip to Europe set for late March.

The human rights group Oxfam reported that the wealth of the world's 85 richest people is equal to that of the poorer half the world's population.

During the early evening hours of Sunday, a fight between family members broke out between two individuals at the King Mountain Lodge that resulted in life-threatening injuries from a knife attack.