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Today, we’re proud to announce we’ve decided community activist and social worker Sister Gaia T of the Revolting Earth — also ...

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Since Groundhog Day has passed us by, I feel compelled to honor the tradition began by none other than me. This time of the ...

From here, Wood fast-forwards four years. Her protagonist has turned her back on her job, marriage, and friends and made this convent her fixed abode. Her succession of sacrifices has proved damaging: ...

I have no idea if Punxsutawney Phil saw its (it is sometimes female) shadow, or not, and I don’t care. History tells us that PP is only 30 percent accurate.

By Emily Mayer Groundhog Day is a custom brought to the United States with the arrival of German immigrants, particularly the Pennsylvania Dutch of Pennsylvania. Deutsch is the German word for Germans ...

Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean showcases the new Fox Nation special "Seeing Shadows," which examines the history and traditions of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa.

Punxsutawney Phil made his annual prediction in Pennsylvania on Sunday as America's most famous groundhog saw a shadow, meaning the United States is set for six more weeks of winter.

The ritual goes back more than a century - with far older roots in European folklore - and was made famous by Bill Murray's 1993 movie Groundhog Day. Image: The scroll with the woodchuck's ...