Just months after some investigators claimed a photo proved Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan ended up in the Marshall Islands after their disappearance in 1937 (they didn’t), the internet has provided us with the latest theory about what happened to the famed pilot. But this one’s a little different: it’s about giant,…
Adding to the mountains of Amelia Earhart flotsam and jetsam which washes up year after year (especially this year, with new investigations involving forensic dogs, satellite imagery, and the History Channel), David Dunlap at the New York Times has unearthed an old letter to the publisher from Amelia Earhart, who’d…
A new documentary on the History Channel presented the theory that Amelia Earhart survived her crash landing, was taken prisoner in Japan, and the American government has worked for years to cover it up. This theory was largely supported by a single photograph, which a blogger seems to have unearthed in the Japanese…
Amelia Earhart embarked on her ill-fated, round-the-world flight 80 years ago and never returned. I feel fairly confident in saying that, despite any reports otherwise, she most likely died on an island in the Pacific as a castaway. However new evidence has emerged—like it does every year!!!—that she survived.
Rihanna covers the March 2017 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, where she pays tribute to Amelia Earhart in an actually fly fashion shoot.
A headline in The Daily Mail Tuesday asks the question, “Did Amelia Earhart die a castaway after crashing on a Pacific island?”
If you’ve got an extra $15,000 lying around, perhaps you’d like to spend it on a motivational poster in the form of a letter from Amelia Earhart. In 1933, the pioneering female pilot wasn’t too cool to write back to her fans, and responded to 13-year-old June Pierson who asked for advice on how to break into the…
Here’s your chance to feast your eyes upon rare footage of Amelia Earhart, striking a pose shortly before her ill-fated final attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
A woman named after Amelia Earhart is flying around the world, to recreate her namesake's famous flight around the world.
Your never-ending thirst to figure out where in the world Amelia Earhart disappeared to has a new twist: The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) has used sonar imaging to identify a location they believe is where Earhart's plane crashed in 1937, off of Gardner Island (now called Nikumaroro), in…
When Austin-based photographer Jaime Moore was deciding how to snap photos of her daughter Emma to remember her 5th birthday, she combed the Internet for visual inspiration — and, naturally, came across a ton of young girls dressed up like Disney princess on their birthdays.
Amelia Earhart knew what she wanted, and what she wanted was love, independence, and possibly a piece on the side.
A $2.2 million expedition conducted by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) in order to discover the lost plane of famed aviator Amelia Earhart has returned from its most recent attempt empty handed, having failed to produce photos or conclusive evidence of the wreckage. TIGHAR remains…
It's been more than two months since amateur aviation gumshoe Hillary Clinton accompanied members of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) to investigate the possible wreckage of Amelia Earhart's flying machine on the remote South Pacific island of Nikumaroro, but researchers have now…
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, former Presidential candidate, policy pioneer, passionate women's rights activist, and a real, live Leslie Knope for the world outside of Pawnee, IN, has decided to add another hat to the 50 or so she's already wearing: historical investigator. Thanks to new clues in the search for…
Recently bones that may belong to Amelia Earhart were found on a deserted Pacific island. After studying the fragments, scientists found there is ancient DNA in the bones, but it's in bad condition. However! Human mitochondrial DNA has been identified in clumps of soil or feces that were found at the site. While the…
Scientists are analyzing three bone fragments found on a deserted South Pacific island to see if they belong to Amelia Earhart. This may prove Earhart died as a castaway after crash landing, though researchers caution they could be turtle bones.
Well, for starters, how about having it actually be good? Oh, and throwing out "Strong Female Characters" (tm) once and for all?
• Jamie McCourt, baseball's highest-ranking woman, has been fired from her position as the Dodgers' chief executive by her estranged husband Frank McCourt, who is the team's owner. Now she's believed to be trying to regain control of the team.
Ouch. And it doesn't get much better, either.