2+ week, 5+ day ago   (347+ words) Today is Tuesday, Aug. 25, the 237th day of 2026. There are 128 days left in the year. In 1875, Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, crossing from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in under 22 hours. In 1916, President Woodrow…...

4+ week, 13+ hour ago   (232+ words) History Center to host Ryan Cole book presentation, signing Terre Haute Tribune-Star River Flood Warning until TUE 2:00 AM EDT River Flood Warning until MON 11:36 AM EDT The Vigo County History Center will welcome Ryan Cole to talk about his new…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (173+ words) Fifty years ago, a Soviet pilot’s daring escape let the West strip down a feared jet and shatter a Cold War myth. On September 6, 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko defected to the West in one of the most spectacular episodes of…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (828+ words) For months after the September 11 attacks, nobody knew the identity of the mysterious ‘red bandana man’ who repeatedly guided people to safety inside the South Tower of the World Trade Center. The answer came when Alison Crowther read a newspaper…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (855+ words) AHOSKIE – A local man who helped shape what was to become the Voting Rights Act approved by the United States Congress in 1965 will forever be remembered thanks to a North Carolina Roadside Historical Marker. James Robert Walker Jr., an Ahoskie…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (460+ words) “It highlights the brutality of medieval warfare,” said paleopathologist Jo Buckberry. During a medieval siege, a trebuchet scored a chance hit one unlucky defender. A small boulder slammed into his upper back at close to 300 kilometers an hour, smashing bones…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (366+ words) A couple of months ago I visited the Clapham South deep-level shelter, on a small tour organised by the Windrush Foundation and London Transport Museum. Thousands of Londoners took cover there during the Blitz, and after the war it was…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (194+ words) Our editorial style guide warns us to avoid using the word "iconic". "Not everything that is well known needs to be described as iconic," it reads. As much as I respect the wisdom of that document, for this special edition…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1767+ words) Every time Ray Lehner steps on an airplane and moves toward his seat, he thinks about Mark Bingham. How Bingham and other Flight 93 passengers quickly hatched a plan on 9/11. How they rushed up the cramped aisle. How they ambushed the…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (865+ words) ynetnews.com In Nir Oz, most of the burned and destroyed homes have already been cleared away and reconstruction is well underway But several damaged houses are still standing, including the home of the Bibas family, from which Shiri Bibas…...