You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter.... But in “ The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World, ” popular historian and podcaster Patrick Wyman arrives upon a somewhat novel frame.... So, too, Wyman’s ability to weave complicated, subtle arguments about the past through engaging sketches of historical figures....

KIGALI: A critically endangered species of bat not sighted in 40 years has been found in Rwanda, with the" incredible" discovery delighting conservationists who had feared it was already extinct. But the Hill's Horseshoe Bat was in fact still clinging to life in Rwanda's Nyungwe Forest--a dense rainforest that is home to endangered mountain gorillas--the consortium behind the discovery said. There had been no information on the population of the mammals and the International Union for Conservati

US consumer prices jumped last year at the fastest pace in four decades, the government confirmed

, came up short Tuesday in a bid to regain a job he held more than four decades ago as mayor of

close Video Cold cases getting solved with new DNA system In less than two years, police investigators are reaping the benefits of using a new crime-solving tool.... " We identified a private lab in Salt Lake City, Utah, that specializes in analyzing deteriorated DNA." At least 29 Black children and young adults, pictured here, were murdered in Atlanta between 1979 and 1981.... next Image 1 of 2 Police officers carrying shotguns provide tight security for Wayne Williams, accused Atlanta child

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Military tensions with China are at their worst in more than 40 years, Taiwan’s defence minister said on Wednesday, promoting a new arms spending package to lawmakers days after record numbers of Chinese aircraft flew into the island’s air defence zone. Tensions have hit a new high between Taipei and Beijing, which claims the democratic island as its own territory, and Chinese military aircraft have repeatedly flown through Taiwan’s air defence identification zone, though no shots have been fire

develop 500 new affordable properties a year by the middle of the decade for residents on lower incomes

after serving for over four decades in Congress." In my heart, I know it's time to pass the torch

Afghanistan’s four decades of war.... They are part of the district’s landscape, like the rose