Melvin Combs, the dark-skinned, pretty boy with the toothy, megawatt smile, was a co-conspirator in a case that would send some members of his crew to prison for up to 12 years. He had been arrested ...

Colorado schools have closed or delayed their opening on Thursday after a snowstorm dumped up to 9 inches on the Front Range and Denver metro area.

In the heart of Pat Bayle State Forest along the North Shore, Minnesota's highest point invites hikers to tackle its 7-mile ...

In 1832, Tatsu Takayama made a defiant climb up to the top of Mount Fuji dressed as a man. This is the story of her historic journey. An illustration of Mount Fuji in the morning. Women were banned ...

In March, Bianca Adler and her dad set off from Melbourne, Australia to climb Mt. Everest Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...

A video capturing a tourist’s surprise at the sheer number of hikers climbing Mount Fuji in Japan before dawn has gone viral on social media, highlighting the intense congestion that often greets ...

The sport doesn’t just have physical benefits—it’s a mental game. “Rock climbing fires every system of the body and mind.” A man boulders to the top of the Aguille de Joshua Tree in Joshua Tree ...

Mount Everest looms large both physically and figuratively in the lives and minds of mountaineers. The first confirmed successful ascent of the peak was achieved by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay ...

ELBERT COUNTY, GA (WSPA) – An investigation is underway following a shooting in Elbert County that left three people injured. The Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Georgia Bureau of ...

To celebrate his 21st birthday, Joseph Brambila set out alone on Nov. 10 to climb Mount Whitney. He had successfully summited Whitney before, earlier in the year, but this time, winter conditions were ...

Elbert Robbinson was born on October 3, 1948, to Jathan Roberson and Hattie Mae Willis and departed this life November 25, 2025. He was educated in the Chattanooga Public Schools and graduated in the ...

American climber Sasha DiGiulian has become the first woman to free-climb El Capitan's longest route — a journey she said ended up being the "most formative and challenging climb" of her career. "When ...