How P.T. Barnum's elephants helped convince wary 19th-century New Yorkers that the new Brooklyn Bridge was safe for humans.

For two weeks in Lampasas, Texas a military training exercise saw thousands of troops...

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Police say that when they approached the bedroom where Isadore was hiding and announced their presence, he shot at them

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22 years ago today, this is how Eyewitness News covered the tragic crash in Belle Harbor, Queens, that killed 265 people.

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Learn more about the Poles and Czechoslovaks in the Battle of Britain in our Collections Division and read about the amazing tales of thousands of airmen.

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<p>Why doesn’t Ford’s Theatre stage <em>Our American Cousin</em>, the play during which John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln? Read on to learn five reasons why.</p>

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YouTube becoming unreachable isn't the first time that Internet addresses were hijacked. But if it spurs interest in better security, it may be the last.

Pre-modern Chinese tradition of arranged marriage

In April 1980, a nondenoscript Orange County courtroom was packed to the gills with...

Neanderthals (/niˈændərˌtɑːl, neɪ-, -ˌθɑːl/ nee-AN-də(r)-TAHL, nay-, -⁠THAHL; Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct group of archaic humans (generally regarded as a distinct species, though some regard it as a subspecies of…

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Pope Benedict has a soft spot in his heart for organ donations but his body parts can't be donated to save lives after he dies, the Vatican says.

In 1952, when a Canadian nuclear reactor suffered a partial meltdown, officials turned to a young Navy sailor who could deal with the situation: 28-year-old future president Jimmy Carter.