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Winter Solstice Arrives Dec. 21 at 10:03 a.m. ET, Marking the Northern Hemisphere’s Shortest Day

Earth’s tilt places the Sun over the Tropic of Capricorn, ushering in astronomical winter as daylight gradually begins to lengthen afterward.

At Levayah of Rav Binyamin Zev Knopelmacher, ‘Noshrim’ Carry His Aron per His Tzava’ah

Goyet Cave Study Reconstructs Neanderthal Victims, Suggests Targeted Cannibalism

Study Finds Selective Exocannibalism of Non-Local Neanderthals at Belgium’s Goyet Caves

Mexico City Opens Pilot Exhumations at Panteón Dolores to Identify the Unclaimed

Leonids Set to Peak Nov. 17 After Taurids’ Modest Maximum

Odisha Firefighters Free Woman Trapped in Cave Passage During Kartik Purnima

New Finds at Aguada Fénix Show 3,000-Year-Old Maya Monument Was a Built Cosmogram

Ofir Tzarfati Buried for a Third Time as Israel Accuses Hamas of Deception

Dorset Excavation Points to Iron Age Human Sacrifice, With Victims Cast Onto Bone Platforms

Nikitin Dheer Posts First Tribute to Pankaj Dheer, Confirms Ash Immersion in Ganga

Kevin Njie Found in Bali Hotel as Questions Persist

Reward Offered as SPCA Probes Decapitated Birds Found Near Lake Carmel

Eva Imhof Announces Death of Her Mother at 88 With Instagram Tribute

Instagram Video of Divorce Milk Bath and 'Happy Divorced' Cake Goes Viral in India

Ancient Teeth Show Syria’s First Villages Stayed Local and Integrated Outsiders

Two Dead, Over 100 Injured as Devaragattu Banni Utsavam Clashes Erupt in Kurnool

Bengaluru Residents Hold 'Pothole Puja' in Cox Town to Decry Dangerous Roads

Apparent Human Skull Found in Luggage at Tampa Airport During CBP Check

Dog Walks 12 Kilometers to Owner’s Wake in Brazil