Sidney Crosby and Shea Webber talk about their opposition to Russia's anti-gay laws at the Team Canada Olympic press conference on Sunday, August 25, 2013 in Calgary: "For me growing up in Canada, my view has always been that way," Crosby said during a news conference Sunday to kick off Canada's Oly...

Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. Antarctica is a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 in) along the coast and far less inland. The temperature in Antarctica has reached −89.2 °C (−128.6

The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully completed a series of tests of the David's Sling Weapon System designated DST-4. David's Sling is an Israel Defense Forces military system being jointly developed by the Israeli defense contractor R...

Residents of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, celebrated their country winning the Eurovision song contest on Sunday morning. As many predicted coming into this politically charged Eurovision final, held in Turin, Italy, Ukraine were the big winners as the international public seized the chance to show thei...

Through his bravery and with the help of Oprah, Danny Pintauro brought HIV back into the national consciousness. He’s had interviews with major media news stations, and has created a dialogue about HIV that has been missing since the early 90s. HIV Equal Online’s Stephen Lucin had the opportunity to

Jaymi Hensley, a member of the boyband Union J, which was formed to compete in this season's X Factor in the UK, came out of the closet over the weekend after consulting with his mentor on the show, Louis Walsh, The Sun reports: “I spoke to Louis about this and he said, ‘put it this way, both of my

The lights of the Eiffel Tower were turned off in tribute to the victims of two mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand that left at least 49 people dead. "Our gun laws will change," Ardern promised in a news conference on Saturday morning, local time. She said the shooter had five guns, two s...

Oceans cover 71% of the planet and are the source of life on Earth. Over a billion people, including some of the poorest in the world, depend on the oceans and wild seafood for survival. But our blue planet is under threat. Each day we remove more than the oceans can replenish. We are draining our o...

Margaret Heckler was President Reagan's secretary of health and human services from March 1983 to December 1985. Here she says AIDS was her number one priority, but that she had to balance her department's response against the Reagan administration's fiscal priorities. Heckler maintains that preexis...

BTS will make history on Oct. 6 when they become the first-ever Korean artist to perform a stadium show in the United States, it was confirmed today (Aug. 8) by local Love Yourself tour promoter Powerhouse Live. The group will end the North American leg of their upcoming world tour in New York City