1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (232+ words) Crowds queued outside the British Museum this week, some dressed in medieval attire, for a first look at the Bayeux Tapestry, on display in England for the first time since it was made almost 1,000 years ago. The 70-metre embroidery tells…...

2+ day, 45+ min ago   (41+ words) Photos from Sept. 11, 2001, captured the attacks that took place that day in New York and Washington and reshaped the nation. Twenty-five years later, about half of U.S. adults rank 9/11 among the most pivotal events of their lifetimes....

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (107+ words) 9/11 photos that still haunt journalists reporting from Ground Zero as tragedy unfolded independent.co.uk Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (773+ words) On Sept. 11, 2001, Karen Matthews was inside her Manhattan apartment preparing her three-year-old daughter for preschool when an unfamiliar, thunderous boom echoed outside. Clutching her young child, she stepped onto the street. Onlookers were gazing upward at a gaping hole in…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (245+ words) The Swiss federal intelligence service on Thursday released a 200-page dossier on Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi war criminal and German doctor dubbed the "Angel of Death" for conducting horrific medical experiments on Auschwitz prisoners. During World War II, Mengele…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (867+ words) The lone fire truck racing across the Brooklyn Bridge toward the burning towers has become a defining image of the courage of so many first responders on September 11. The man who took the picture tells Bruce Golding what remains seared…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (405+ words) Ed Fine still uses the black briefcase that was part of the iconic image from 11 September, 2001 Ed Fine was unaware that his image had become famous around the world after it was plastered on the front cover of Fortune magazine....

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1240+ words) Images of the terror unleashed on America, in which 2,977 innocent people were murdered by 17 terrorists who also died in the attacks, are as devastating now as they were in the moment The trauma of 9/11 still lingers 25 years on from the…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (234+ words) Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell were pelting Hawaii's western islands in the overnight hours Tuesday, bringing the threat of floods, mudslides and tornadoes. The islands of Kauai and Niihau were under a hurricane warning early Tuesday, while…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (404+ words) The works were discovered in the 1990s but hidden from public view until now What is believed to be Rome’s largest fresco and mosaic complex has been opened for public viewing. The first-century AD artwork depicts a maritime city, situated within…...