On the drive into her new city, Jo Beckwith remembers seeing the field out of the car window. Big and open and green. A dreamy place for an adventurous 10-year-old girl with a dream of riding a horse ...

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This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On the morning of Sunday, October 20, 1991, in the south-central Nebraska ...

Santiago Quintero ascended K2, which is on the border between China and Pakistan, once before but stopped short of the summit. (AFP Photo) Ilalo, Ecuador: An Ecuadoran who lost both his feet is aiming ...

Like so many accidental entrepreneurs, Sara Blakely just wanted to solve a personal problem. She loved to wear tight-fitting pants with sandals but couldn't find the right undergarment to give her a ...

Two generations after fifties starlets made them sexy, it seems that stockings are on their way out. But while stocking sales have halved since 2003, tights are enjoying a resurgence in popularity ...