With China and Tibet halting permit programs, the more than 29,000-foot mountain is effectively shuttered for the popular spring climbing season.
Author: Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY
3,500 people in blue body paint ignored coronavirus warnings and held a record-breaking Smurf rally
Thousands of people donned Smurf costumes in the French town of Landerneau amid coronavirus concerns in an attempt to break a world record.
‘DC sniper’ Lee Boyd Malvo marries while serving life in prison
Lee Boyd Malvo’s attorney and his friend said the man convicted in the D.C. sniper attacks when he was a teen married earlier this month in prison.
‘Put it in God’s hands’: As coronavirus spreads, changes come for Catholics at Mass
As the new coronavirus spreads around the United States, Catholic churches are changing practices during Mass. But most worshipers aren’t too worried.
What is the best cheese in the world? This Swiss gruyere reigns supreme.
A Gruyere from Switzerland claimed the cheese world’s top prize Thursday, earning the title of 2020 World Champion Cheese.
Virginia bans conversion therapy for LGBTQ children, a first in the South
Virginia became the first Southern state and 20th in the nation to ban the discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children.
‘Barbaric, medieval-style execution’: Man found guilty of killing retired lecturer with crossbow
Gerald Corrigan, 74, was fatally injured outside his home in Wales after he went outside to fix his satellite dish signal, prosecutors said.
Lori Vallow arrested: What to know about deaths, marriages surrounding mom of missing Idaho kids
Lori Vallow was arrested on child desertion charges Thursday in Hawaii. Here’s what to know about the string of deaths tied to her and Chad Daybell.
Missing more than a year, an abandoned ‘ghost ship’ washed ashore on the other side of the Atlantic
The MV Alta washed ashore in Ireland’s County Cork amid Storm Dennis, but the vessel took a more than a year journey from off Bermuda to get there.
‘Ghost population’ of ancient humans may have mated with ancestors of modern humans
A new study found that genetic variation within West African populations is best explained by the presence of a new ancient human species altogether.