From a toe-curling tale of Peruvian politics to the lifesaving qualities of red wine... Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world. An elderly French cyclist survived for three days ...

The teacher shot by a 6-year-old student took the stand Thursday. Abby Zwerner told the jury that she thought she was on her way to heaven when she was shot. Zwerner said two days before she was shot ...

World War I changed everything. From the assassination in Sarajevo to the fall of four great empires, this video tells the story of how modern warfare reshaped the globe. Trench battles, poison gas, ...

1 ITD = inception-to-date, annualized. Inception date is 1/1/2009. Click to enlarge At the sector level, Ithaka generated positive relative returns in only one of the five major growth sectors where ...

In “The Wounded Generation” and “1942,” the historians David Nasaw and Peter Fritzsche show how civilians struggled with the long tail of the war. By Elizabeth D. Samet Elizabeth D. Samet is the ...

President Donald Trump isn’t done patting himself on the back for supposedly flagging a notorious terrorist ahead of the devastating 9/11 attack. In a meandering speech to commemorate the Navy’s 250th ...

“Huzzah!” tells the story of two fighting sisters who must put their differences aside to save their family’s struggling Renaissance Faire. Creators and Broadway veterans Laurence O’Keefe and Nell ...

Their sibling rivalry intensifies when Johnny hires Sir Roland Prowd (Leo Roberts), a flamboyant swordsman with flowing blond locks and an army of followers. Gwen wants him gone immediately; Kate ...

You know you’re in for a good time at the new Renaissance fair-themed musical comedy “Huzzah!,” when the pre-curtain speech is performed live, with bassoon and tambourine accompaniment, advising ...

Although embarking on a 28-day voyage to see glaciers and volcanoes at 106 years old is a remarkable feat on its own, Alice Beck Darrow’s journey to Honolulu aboard Holland America Line’s Westerdam ...

The great Vince Lombardi once said, “Football is a game of inches, and inches make the champion." In Friday’s Top-20 matchup between NJ.com No. 9-ranked Old Tappan and No. 16 Ramapo, every inch made ...