Shell's Wood River Refinery, originally Roxana Petroleum Co., grew from processing 10,000 barrels in 1918 to 250,000 barrels ...

The last Canadian winner of the iconic downhill in Kitzbuehel was Todd Brooker in 1983, and the last time two Canadian ...

On Jan. 25, 2004, NASA’s Opportunity rover landed on Mars and sent its first pictures of the planet to Earth; originally ...

In 1947, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone died at age 48 after suffering from syphilis. In 1959, the first scheduled ...

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In the French town of Chamonix, these paragliders demonstrated their insane speedflying skills as they performed barrel rolls, skimmed along the water, and even flew against a cable car that was going ...

2015 — Mike Krzyzewski earns his 1,000th career win, making him the first NCAA Division I men’s coach to reach the milestone, when No. 5 Duke surges past St. John’s for a 77-68 victory at Madison ...

POWDER got invited to visit Salomon’s state-of-the-art Annecy Design Center (ADC), the iconic French ski brand’s global headquarters, design laboratory and prototyping facility. I got to spend a day ...

Winning Duo Qualifies for 2025 World Mixed Doubles Championships, Where They Can Compete for Spot at 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games ...

I’d never been to Chamonix before and had no idea what to expect. I knew it was a ski-resort town and home of the famous Mont ...

A police investigation into how Alex Batty vanished in 2017 before being found in France has ended. Ayyoub Bouaddi has won a public speaking competition, is studying for a maths degree and also ...

Geomorphologist and veteran climber Ludovic Ravanel is learning how Mont Blanc is shifting—and sharing his discoveries with ...