Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word meaning to seek forgiveness or be granted absolution.

Nomination papers for the 2025 Pittsfield municipal election will be available starting April 2 for positions including city ...

LONDON (AP) — Racers dressed as a skyscraper, beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners in zany costumes zipping around a central London square with ... in the annual Inter-Livery ...

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said federal employees in Oak Ridge don't need to worry about terminations.

TORONTO (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader Sunday as the country deals with U.S. President ...

Ukrainian war veteran amputees have been in Oregon learning a form of adaptive skiing for people with one leg, lessons partly ...

[Photo/Xinhua] BUCHAREST - Romania's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) on Sunday rejected the candidacy of Calin Georgescu, a leading figure in the country's previous presidential race, for the 2025 ...

As always, the main event for Butte’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities is its annual parade which begins at noon Monday in ...

Chaos broke out in Romania’s capital as supporters of the far-right populist Calin Georgescu protested the electoral body’s ...

As Hartz wrote, despite the intense debates in U.S. politics, “there is about it all, as compared with the European pattern, a vast and almost charming innocence of mind.” While partisans may argue ...