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An oft-mentioned spiritual reading holds that the gifts of the Magi were symbols of who the baby Jesus was: Gold was the sign ...
On the twelfth day of Christmas, Three Kings Day or Día de Los Reyes is celebrated. Three Kings Day (Día de Los Reyes) or the ...
Three Kings Day (Día de Los Reyes), or the Feast of Epiphany in the Catholic tradition, is a holiday that commemorates the ...
It’s good to reflect on the three gifts of the Magi: gold for the King eternal; frankincense for our great High Priest; and the strangest Christmas gift of all, myrrh for the Lamb of God who was ...
The good, the bad and the bizarre: from the world’s oldest newborn to a body-snatching bug, here are 2025’s strangest ...
Jeremy Pauley, 43, of Honesdale, was sentenced for his role in reselling the stolen “goods” that included human flesh, brains and even two human fetuses pilfered from morgues.
From bone-wearing caterpillars to revived ancient wolves, 2025 delivered discoveries that unsettled science and stretched ...
In twentieth-century Britain, the Mitford name became entangled with the rise of European fascism. On October 6, 1936, the ...
Gold is a gift fit for a king. In fact, according to biblical accounts, it was the first gift offered to the “King of Kings." ...
Fiction Predicts Disaster In 1898, author Morgan Robertson penned a novella titled Futility, telling the story of an ...
DO NOT ASSUME UXOs ARE SAFE TO HANDLE. DON'T TOUCH THEM, MOVE THEM, OR EVEN THINK ABOUT KEEPING A NEW SHELF ORNAMENT. (I wish ...
The number of babies hospitalized with infant botulism has increased. A total of 51 infants have now been hospitalized amid an outbreak of infant botulism, a type of severe illness caused by botulinum ...