A record 274 climbers scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday, the highest number to reach the summit from the mountain’s south ...

An Oklahoma man who has narrowly avoided execution three separate times could walk free from a county jail after a judge agreed to grant him bond while awaiting retrial.

Two-time Oscar winner Sally Field, now starring in Netflix's "Remarkably Bright Creatures," talks finding rich roles at every ...

It’s been 30 years since Jon Krakauer survived one of the worst disasters on Mount Everest. But every spring, when climbing season on the world’s tallest peak hits, he still worries. “I get this knot ...

The delay in preparing the route to climb Mount Everest has raised significant concerns about its impact on summiting the tallest peak in the world. In an Instagram post, 23-year-old climber Xavier ...

The story: This biopic of the late American superstar Michael Jackson (portrayed by his nephew Jaafar Jackson) covers his boyhood – when he was a member of the Jackson Five with his brothers – and ...

Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton’s survival thriller leaves much to be desired in the way of a more captivating script ...

April and May tend to have the best weather conditions Nepal may have to send more Sherpas to try to find an alternative route Nepal has issued 410 permits to climb Everest so far this season ...

Anxiety is growing at Everest Base Camp, more than 5,300 meters above sea level. Hundreds of climbers including sherpas have gathered, eager to summit the world’s most famous mountain as the annual ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker's 1963 ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after ...

An alleged $20 million insurance scam on Mount Everest saw climbers subjected to staged rescues and admitted to hospitals across Kathmandu in a scheme to fraudulently claim insurance money, Nepali ...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify the number of people who may have been affected and the methods that are alleged to have been used, and to update with comments from authorities ...