Bouldering first emerged in the 19th century, where it was considered a useful practice for roped and alpine climbing ...

India’s planned mission to retrieve Green Boots reopens Everest’s most haunting mystery, raising questions of identity, ...

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck a remote stretch of northwestern China roughly 260 kilometers south-southeast of the historic city of Dunhuang, killing at least one person in what registers as the ...

For more than 30 years, The Ledger has honored the top scholar-athletes in Polk County and continues that tradition this year with an impressive list of 124 athletes who excelled in the classroom.

Accomplishments: AP Scholar with Honor; Business, Christian Leadership and O’Keeffe Pre-Law Studies distinctions; The Smith Family Conservatory of the Arts distinction in Instrumental Arts; Spiritual ...

Without congressional protection and recommitment, the system producing those gains will break.

A series of explosive devices detonated near the hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron is staying in Damascus, ...

The Trump administration plans to open a 528-bed holding facility for migrant families and unaccompanied children next to an ...

Beyond chips, data and computing power, the battle between Beijing and Washington is increasingly being fought over the ...

Dolphins and whales in the Pacific Ocean have been contaminated by some of the highest levels of so called forever chemicals in the world. First-time global mapping of per and poly-fluoroaklyl ...

China's growing strategic interests in Myanmar may be linked to the arrest of US citizen and scholar Min Zin, according to a ...

In the depths of winter the activity at the top of our lists is a good pub quiz. Sitting cosy with your mates, pint in hand and wracking your brain for the answers, a Sunday afternoon doesn't get ...