Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on October 17. Check what happened ...

Thousands of African Americans fought for the British—then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement.

Rachel Leon talks about the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Bethlehem and the home that he stayed in while recovering from ...

If you saw a plastic bag floating on the wind it might stir up dreamy thoughts of the much-parodied scene from the 1999 film American Beauty. But as the bag flutters, swoops and then wraps itself ...

What was once the paradigmatic catastrophe, the biblical flood, took forty days and forty nights; today’s exemplar is one big ...

THE British Open has come to an end after an action-packed week in Cheltenham. SunSport brings you all the results from the event below, as a new champion was crowned ...

From the ancient Irish practice of mumming to walking the red carpet, the Armagh Rhymers were central to a meeting of myth ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: For the first time ever, Netflix‘s The Great British Baking Show gave us “Back to School Week.” This week’s all-new episode of GBBS featured references to classic British ...

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Four new models are set to be released in November A LEGENDARY British motorbike brand is returning – some five years after its collapse. Norton Motorcycles, one of the most iconic names in British ...

IN HIS HISTORY of Keene, published in 1904, Gen. Simon G. Griffin wrote compellingly about the town’s participation in the ...

A British grandfather arrested in Dubai says he has been left stranded and homeless there and is being denied cancer treatment after being barred from travelling. John Murphy, 59, who served in the ...