Maria Sacchetti covers immigration for The Washington Post. She previously reported for the Boston Globe, where her reporting led to the release of several immigrants from jail. She investigated ...

At least 3,018 people displaced and 265 houses destroyed in the floods in central Nigeria as more rains are feared.

Wolfgang von Kempelen designed, constructed, and unveiled the Automaton in 1770, in order to impress the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. The system appeared to be able to play a strong game of ...

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