The riches thought to lie beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But how easy are they to access, and will climate change make any difference? The allure of ...

From left, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, former first lady Laura Bush and former President Barack Obama, arrive before ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Dignitaries from across Washington and around the world crammed into the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday to ...

Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump speaks during the 60th inaugural ceremony on January 20, 2025, in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) ...

Researchers have long known there was some kind of aquifer in the Cascade Mountains that feeds rivers like the McKenzie and the Deschutes. But they never knew just how big it might be — until ...

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All the living former presidents were there and the outgoing president amicably greeted his successor, who gave a speech about the country’s bright future and who left to the blare of a brass band.

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons It’s long been rumored that a network of old, underground tunnels lies beneath Cusco, Peru, the capital of the ancient Incan empire. Now ...

How a town in Poland – once in Germany – is discovering its troubling past and the search for reconciliation between communities. Show more How a town in Poland – once in Germany - is ...

Eric Mauchan’s Cape Cod-style house in Framingham, Massachusetts, does not have central air conditioning. So when the summer heat bears down, his four window AC units, two dehumidifiers and fans ...

The team imaged the lower crust and uppermost mantle beneath the Sierra Nevada with receiver function analysis, which uses seismic waves that change as they cross structures beneath the surface.