Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

McOsker’s motion calls for the city’s Planning Department to prepare the application for the Historic Cultural Monument ...

SEVENTY-NINE YEARS ago the end was in sight for World War 2. Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 7, 1945. Japan unconditionally surrendered on September 2, 1945.

The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...

There are two active volcanoes in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, but Kilauea is the real "must-see." A 4,000-foot-tall mountain, Kilauea has been active since Jan. 3, 1983.

It’s fairly safe to say Ridley Scott loves a delayed follow-up to his own original movies. First there was Bladerunner 2049 (great), then Prometheus (so good, if divisive). Now, we're getting a ...

Current time and date at Makin Island Airport is 17:46:28 PM (+12) on Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025 Looking for information on Makin Island Airport, Makin Island, Kiribati? Know about Makin Island Airport ...

SYDNEY, Australia — The Marshall Islands declared on Tuesday its first national marine sanctuary, which protects a "pristine" expanse of the Pacific Ocean that is home to deep-sea sharks and green ...

The Latest Historic images from 80 years ago show the unprecedented scale of the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France, changing the course of World War II. World War II was America’s ...

Hotel pools on Greek islands could be filled with seawater this summer as politicians try to combat the country's two-year drought. Proposed new laws debated in the Greek parliament this week ...

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage In this episode of Physics World Stories, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Werner Heisenberg’s trip to the North Sea ...