Life came at Alek Monoah fast. Last season, he dominated the All-Star Game, striking out three of the four batters he faced. He parlayed that into a third-place finish in the AL Cy Young Award vote. On Tuesday, the Toronto Blue Jays
Nepal’s government honored record-holding climbers Monday during celebrations of the first ascent of Mount Everest 70 years ago. The celebrations come amid a growing concern about temperatures rising, glaciers and snow melting, and weather being harsh and unpredictable on the world’s tallest
One of the greatest mountain guides said Thursday he’s not ready to retire after climbing Mount Everest for a record 28th time. Nepalese Sherpa Kami Rita reached the 29,032-foot summit of the world’s highest mountain on Tuesday, beating his own record less
An influencer with an Instagram account called “Devil Baby” stalked footballer Mason Mount after he broke off their relationship, a court has heard. TikToker Orla Melissa Sloan, 21, pleaded guilty to stalking the Chelsea midfielder and his former teammate Billy Gilmour, 21,
Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time Tuesday, beating his own record less than a week after setting it, as two guides compete with each other for the title of most climbs of the world’s highest
The latest eruption of Mount Etna has caused chaos for the Sicilian town of Catania after the volcano covered the area with ash. The eruption of Europe’s most active volcano has blanketed the runway at Catania airport with a layer of ash,
Washington’s Mount St. Helens erupted for nine hours on this day in history, May 18, 1980 — killing 57 people and triggering the largest landslide in recorded history. Prior to the eruption, Mount St. Helens stood at 9,677 feet, says the website
A Nepal Sherpa guide set a new record Wednesday for the number of times a single climber has scaled Mount Everest. Kami Rita, 53, reached the peak of the 29,032-foot mountain for the 27th time, just three days after a fellow Sherpa matched
The discovery of two skeletons buried beneath a collapsed wall in the Pompeii archaeological site point to deaths by powerful earthquakes that accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the first century, experts said Tuesday, in addition to the victims of
An American doctor reportedly has died while trying to scale Mount Everest. The U.S. Embassy in Nepal identified the climber as Jonathan Sugarman, according to NBC News. “Our deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends,” the embassy said in a