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Psalm 8: 8 "The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passes through the paths of the seas." ...

Lawrence native and lead singer of Godsmack, Sully Erna, held himself a taste-off between two Salisbury Beach staples ...

It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, ...

When Donald Trump was elected president, I promised myself I would stay away from politics. Though, after reading the news coming out of Washington, D.C., and what President Trump is doing, I am ...

US Coast Guard rescued four boaters on Tuesday (Jan 21) after their sailing vessel sank in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Dominican Republic ...

Kathy Eldon thought her world ended when her son was murdered. She tells how his memory helped her cope with one of the worst natural disasters ever to strike LA ...

Five decades of war among leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, drug lords and the government in Colombia have left ...

which used to connect all the ocean's pathways and peoples. Yet it's farther than Moana or any of her ancestors have ever gotten (not to mention cursed by the human-hating god Nalo). If she goes ...

The trail stretches about five miles from Agate Beach to Newport's Historic Bayfront. Walkers and bikers wind through several ...

Gwyneth Paltrow is letting go of her Los Angeles home after selling the property—which she purchased with ex-husband Chris ...

The president, who has assailed California’s leaders over wildfires, issued the directive in an executive order that was ...