1+ week, 3+ min ago   (925+ words) Don McLean’s popular 1971 ballad American Pie and its lyric, The Day the Music Died, was inspired by Holly’s death and the day of the plane crash. Holly chartered a four-seat airplane in Mason City, Iowa, for himself and his band…...

2+ week, 3+ min ago   (481+ words) The two youngest have both contributed to the family-owned-operated news outlet, with the middle child, pictured here holding the black and white cat, currently holding a position as staff editor. Thousands of people around the world today show their support…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (405+ words) As much as he has earned, Buffett has also gifted $37 billion in donations to charity efforts in just the past 14 years—and he co-founded the Giving Pledge, where he and other wealthy people promise to give away all their wealth…...

3+ week, 3+ min ago   (570+ words) Proxima Centauri is a flare star with intense emission of electromagnetic radiation that could strip an atmosphere off the planet, which is just about the size of Earth, give or take a little mass 4 columns behind the decimal point. If…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (788+ words) Happy 40th birthday to the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt. The Jamaican superstar sprinter who retired in 2017 is a world record holder in the 100-meters, 200m and 4 × 100m relay. RE-LIVE Bolt’s career below… (1986) When he won his ninth Olympic gold medal in Rio,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (323+ words) Ron Paul was a major voice in the early 21st century for those who warned against the dangers of government overreach in matters of war, civil liberties, privacy, and monetary freedom. His 1988 presidential platform included non-interventionism in foreign conflicts, decriminalization of…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (646+ words) 108 years ago today, American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the first long-form animation film, the Sinking of the Lusitania, showing what pure conviction looks like. It was not until Disney’s feature films in the 1930s that the animation industry caught up with…...