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Today in History: August 10, derecho rakes the US Midwest - AOL
7+ hour, 47+ min ago (396+ words) Today is Monday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2026. There are 143 days left in the year. On Aug. 10, 2020, a powerful derecho struck several Midwest U.S. states, causing four fatalities and an estimated $11 billion in damage, making it the costliest thunderstorm in modern U.S. history....
UNESCO adds West Bank site and Lebanese castles to World Heritage List despite Israeli objections - AOL
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (511+ words) The decision at a U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization meeting in South Korea came days after Israel’s Foreign Ministry urged the committee to reject efforts to designate the small West Bank town of Sebastia and the Lebanese castles, calling the…...
Zip Trip: History of Chimney Rock - AOL
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (872+ words) CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE, N.C. (WSPA) — Nearly two years after Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, the scars remain visible throughout Chimney Rock Village. Roads are still being rebuilt. Businesses continue to recover. Homes are under construction. Residents said the storm…...
Planes, vanes and automobiles - the history of Scotland's hottest spot - AOL
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (501+ words) During any warm spell in the summer there is a good chance a spot in the Borders will get a mention. The record for the hottest day in Scotland was set in July 2022 when 34.8C (94.6F) was reached at Charterhall. It surpassed…...
Man finds 'rare' Roman treasures in a field - AOL
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (297+ words) A metal detectorist found a hoard of Roman bronze objects hidden for nearly 2,000 years. They consisted of two enamelled mounts, a glass gaming counter, a bone die, several other bronze items, and most importantly, pieces of an ornate bronze rattle....
18 ancient Egyptian tombs with 'golden tongues' unearthed - AOL
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (411+ words) A landmark excavation in Egypt has uncovered mysterious "golden tongues" across multiple burial sites, reshaping our knowledge of ancient ceremonial practices. Digs at Marina El Alamein, once known as the ancient settlement of Leukaspis, revealed 18 tombs containing rare amulets and…...
Normandy's D-Day World War Two beaches become UNESCO heritage site - AOL
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (186+ words) PARIS, July 26 (Reuters) - The Normandy D-Day beaches where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944, to fight Adolf Hitler's Nazi troops and go on to liberate France have become a UNESCO protected world heritage site, the United Nations body said on Sunday....
It’s been 20 years since Raleigh reopened Fayetteville Street. How’s it doing? - AOL
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (496+ words) Twenty years ago, Raleigh pulled the lid off Fayetteville Street’s coffin and hauled its long-dead sidewalks back into the sunlight, shaking off the failed experiment that turned the city’s storied Main Drag into a gloomy pedestrian mall, empty after sundown....
Historian Dan Austin creates opportunities for future preservationists - AOL
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (559+ words) Dan Austin was doing important and inviting work with the past long before cancer muddled his future. A former journalist, he was savoring his role as communications director for Michigan Central when a jarring diagnosis arrived in August 2024: colon cancer,…...
Florida World War II veteran 'grateful for what I got' - AOL
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (759+ words) PORT ST. LUCIE — Santo Miceli, who turns 100 this month, was in the U.S. Army in 1945, and remembers when Japanese forces surrendered several months after the Germans. Miceli, a Port St. Lucie resident since 2009, recalled being in California when the news…...