This story originally published in the July 1906 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. Looking back to that period, many years ago, when the finger ...

Apple has quietly turned the iPhone’s flashlight into a hands‑free tool, letting you light your way without swiping, tapping or even unlocking the screen. With the right settings, you can trigger the ...

For most parents, checking the baby monitor is a routine comfort, but for Kristen Draime, it became the moment her world stopped. On the night of November 8, the 28-year-old mother from Cleveland, ...

It was close to 9 p.m., Christmas Eve, and I was in a car with my family in the Swiss countryside. Down a succession of ever quieter and narrower roads, lit by yellow streetlamps in the villages, ...

In Italy, krampus processions take place in the deepest part of winter. It was close to 9 p.m., Christmas Eve, and I was in a car with my family in the Swiss countryside. Down a succession of ever ...

This rare phenomenon is also called the green rim and it actually happens at every sunset. Just as the sun slips behind the Chilean Andes, it seemed to send up a tiny emerald flare. The photograph, ...

MANCHESTER, N.H. (Gray News) - A nursing assistant was arrested after allegedly assaulting a child patient at a hospital. Alexander Colbath, 25, was arrested Friday after a report was made to the ...

WMUR reported that the child told her mother, who told hospital staff, who then reported it to police. The child said Colbath came into her room and told her “he was going to look at an incision in ...

Procrastination is practically a competitive sport during the holidays, but crossing the finish line with a crumpled banknote in an envelope is not the way to win gold. If your current shopping ...