Potatoes were once so despised they were linked to leprosy. What changed? It's a tale of propaganda, survival, and ordinary ...

Forgotten about for years in a Connecticut barn, a painting from 17th century Dutch painter Frans Post fetched more than $7 million in a Sotheby's auction last month. "View of Olinda, Brazil, with the ...

Matteo Manassero and Ryan Fox each shot 6-under 64 on Saturday to share the third-round lead in the RBC Canadian Open, the ...

One such example of the ‘power within’ in India comes from the life and mission of Ahilyabai Holkar, the 18th century queen of Malwa, a princely state in today’s Madhya Pradesh. On May 31 ...

About 100 miles west of Lexington, Massachusetts, where one of the best known battles of the American Revolution played out, is a historic house in Hadley, Mass. It's among the many locations where ...

Surprising century-old graffiti was found under the paint of an abandoned prison building in France. Antoine Lacaille French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research Building No ...

Reports on the IRA's mid-century Border Campaign and strife in ... had added a stack of scanned copies of the paper from the 18th to 20th centuries online. The archive is available online via ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - More big ideas are underway for the Historic 18th & Vine District. The Kansas City Streetcar Board unanimously voted for a feasibility study to be conducted sometime this ...

more than 50 miles from the nation’s capital following the multi-car crash on May 22 — and is a member of the “notorious transnational” 18th Street gang already charged with illegal ...

On Thursday, the Kansas City Streetcar Authority Board approved a proposal to begin a feasibility study for a potential streetcar line down 18th Street. It would connect the Jazz District to ...

Describing the moment he found the 18th-century ring, Mr Weale said: "I knew this was something very special and I did a bit of a dance." open image in gallery Malcolm Weale, 53, found the ring in ...

Then Interstate 40 came a half-century ago and offered travelers a faster way through this remote stretch of the Mojave Desert in eastern California. “It was like they turned off the cars ...