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U.K. high court says trans women don't meet definition of women under equalities law

1:29am April 16, 2025

Justice Patrick Hodge said five judges at the court had ruled unanimously that "the terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex."

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Researchers say they've found the surprising source of a key piece of Stonehenge

12:21pm August 15, 2024

Researchers may have solved a Stonehenge mystery — and raised another. They say its central Altar Stone somehow got to England from Scotland, hundreds of miles farther away than originally thought.

The Wicker Man, from 1973, was directed by Robin Hardy.

Arts

'The Wicker Man' gets his AARP card today, as the folk horror classic turns 50

4:59pm December 06, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

The 1973 movie The Wicker Man helped kick off the subgenre known as "folk horror." The film, about a sinister pagan ritual on a remote Scottish island, has scared horror fans for five decades.

This photo, purported to be of the Loch Ness Monster, was taken near Inverness, Scotland in 1934. One of the participants revealed on his deathbed that the pictures were staged.

Environment

Monster hunters are conducting the largest search of Loch Ness in more than 50 years

12:27pm August 21, 2023

There have been more than a thousand official sightings of the Loch Ness Monster, the Loch Ness Centre says. Nessie enthusiasts are deploying new tools this weekend to try and prove it's real.

Don't worry, this six-foot-tall tsetse fly didn't bite anyone. He was part of a performance to teach Malawians about preventing sleeping sickness.

Health & Safety

A man dressed as a tsetse fly came to a soccer game. And he definitely had a goal

7:37am July 30, 2023

by Ari Daniel

The disease known as sleeping sickness is on the decline but remains a concern in Africa. Now there's a theatrical event aimed at keeping the numbers down.

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks during a press conference in February at Bute House in Edinburgh. Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating the finances of Scotland's pro-independence governing party.

World News

Scotland's former leader released after she was arrested and questioned by police

2:47pm June 11, 2023

by The Associated Press

Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland, was arrested Sunday amid an investigation by authorities into the finances of the governing, pro-independence Scottish National Party.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced Wednesday that she would step down.

World News

Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon, supporter of independence and trans rights, will resign

4:45pm February 15, 2023

by Emily Olson

Nicola Sturgeon will resign from her first minister post, she announced Wednesday. The move is prompting a new conversations about trans rights, independence and Jacinda Ardern.

The hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, leaves Balmoral as it begins its journey to Edinburgh.

World News

Queen Elizabeth's coffin arrives in Edinburgh ahead of a final journey to London

6:13pm September 11, 2022

The coffin travels more than 100 miles to the royal Palace of Holyroodhouse in the Scottish capital. Eventually, the queen's body will be taken to London for the Sept. 19 funeral.

The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, is interviewed, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Washington.

World News

Scotland's leader starts a campaign for a new independence vote

5:04am June 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

Britain's departure from the European Union has changed the political realities for Scots since the 2014 referendum that rejected independence.

Voters arrive Thursday at the War Memorial building being used as a polling station in Aboyne in Aberdeenshire for Scotland's parliamentary election.

World News

Scotland Goes To Polls In Crucial Election That Could Trigger New Independence Vote

3:02pm May 06, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Seven years after choosing to remain in the United Kingdom and five years after opposing Brexit, voters in Scotland are going to the polls once again Thursday to elect a new parliament.