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It's a tick that hunts you down and transmits a potentially dangerous allergy to red meat. The New Yorker writer Burkhard Bilger discusses the lone star tick and the risks of alpha-gal syndrome.

A nonprofit is hoping to provide emergency cooling assistance as extreme heat hits most of central Iowa. It's partnering with local fire stations to request donations as federal funding for its services dwindles.

The Ferris wheel is just one of the many inventions that debuted when the World's Fair in Chicago opened on May 1, 1893.

Meteor Crater is one of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet. For years, visitors have wanted access to the bottom. Now for the first time ever, the narrow trail that leads to the bottom of Meteor Crater is open for guided tours.

A civics-minded family in Atlanta celebrates America's big birthday by running together.

An ambitious program to start up new nuclear reactors is bearing fruit.

The Supreme Court just ended a term with a flurry of big rulings.

George Washington wrote his Farewell Address by candlelight in 1796.

While the U.S. isn't a bona fide soccer nation yet, the past three weeks have perhaps shown what it would feel like if it were.

Police are investigating whether negligence during construction work caused the collapse in the eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday.