Haley Jones took a whirlwind trip last fall that involved roughly 60 hours of flying and more than 180 miles of running, all for the Great World Race.

2011 — Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethiopia wins the men’s 3,000 at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix, after losing his right shoe at the start of the race. Gebremeskel stays close to the lead throughout the race ...

After losing an 11-point lead, UCLA makes the big plays in the final minutes of an epic win over No. 9 Michigan St.

Around 4 p.m. Thursday at Reagan National Airport, all four TVs at the U Street Pub in Terminal 2 were streaming live ...

One Sunday in May 1917, on the first day of services at the newly built First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens, the congregation celebrated with a processional and mortgage burning.

Robell Awake is a chairmaker and scholar based in Atlanta, Georgia. He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his new book, "A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects." ...

The great Russian literary genius Alexander Pushkin dies on this day as a result of a duel. He is generally considered Russia’s great­est poet. Unlike many famous Euro­peans of color, Pushkin was ...

According to a report by the FAA, one air traffic controller was working two positions at the time of the crash.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, will be eulogized at a state funeral Thursday at the National ...

A team of Piedmont cardiologists, part of Heart Attack Ethiopia, has been delayed in Atlanta due to a winter storm, affecting their mission to perform lifesaving surgeries in Ethiopia. The team ...