Friday the 13th is a day shrouded in superstition and blood, with a history of unfortunate events that feed into ancient fears of bad luck.

The superstitions surrounding Friday the 13th don’t stem from a single origin story. In many Western cultures, the number 13 has long been considered unlucky, largely because it disrupts the perceived ...

The seal of the Resurrection is so powerful that in extreme cases even the unbaptized can administer baptism—using water or ...

What is it about Fridays and the number 13 that sends people into a superstitious tizzy? To find out, you need to go back a ...

WASHINGTON — Overdose deaths in the United States fell 16.9% from July 2023 to July 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday. It is the largest reduction in ...

Since the National Science Foundation coined the acronym STEM in 2001, K–12 educators have been refining their approaches to science, technology, engineering and math. STEAM emerged around 2006 to ...

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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is joining a water safety campaign to help prevent drowning deaths after two children with autism went missing and died recently in ...

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And despite the expansive views of both the Shenandoah and Rockfish valleys, a round of golf at what many called “Pete’s place” cost between $12 and $37 last year. By contrast, the public ...

The timing of these feasts is also where Catholics get the concept of the novena — nine days of prayer — because in Acts 1, Mary and the apostles prayed together “continuously” for nine ...

Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signalling he is ...