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Allan Trautman played the decomposing monster in 1985's Return of the Living Dead. Forty years later, the mild-mannered dad ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

SIONY, 72, suffered from Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) post-vaccination during the Covid-19 pandemic. GBS is an ascending paralysis that could be fatal if it reaches the respiratory muscles. She was ...

The human body is an amazing thing. It heals itself, fights off sickness, and somehow manages to store a lifetime’s worth of memories. Honestly, its capabilities seem endless. But let’s be real, it’s ...

Denise Mina, Jenni Fagan, Alan Warner, Val McDermid and David Greig have lent their considerable talents to Polygon’s Darkland Tales ...

While he set out to create a traditional Buddhist retreat, a looser version was gaining traction elsewhere. The quarterback ...

A 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head during a deadly attack at a Minneapolis Catholic church in August was released from the hospital Thursday and greeted with cheers as the police chief ...

A jury has ordered LaSalle Corrections, one of the nation’s largest private jail operators, to pay $42.75 million in death of ...