Archaeologists working at the site of La Corona in Guatemala have discovered a 1,300-year-old-year Maya text that provides only the second known reference to the so-called "end date" of the Maya calendar, December 21, 2012. The discovery, one of the most significant hieroglyphic finds in decades, was announced today at the National Palace in Guatemala.
ISTANBUL – Turkey said Thursday it is stationing anti-aircraft batteries on its border with Syria following the downing of one of its warplanes.
The U.S. Department of Justice gave the Preclearance for Alaska's new voter districts on late Wednesday afternoon.
CORVALLIS, Ore. – At the beginning of 2010, Oregon State University geologist Robert Yeats told a national reporter that Port au Prince, Haiti, was a “time bomb†for a devastating earthquake because of its crowded, poorly constructed buildings and its proximity to the Enriquillo Fault.