The SS United States called Philly home​ for nearly 30 years, but preparations are underway to send the ocean liner to her ...

In May 1965, the cargo vessel SS Cedarville was navigating the fog-filled Straits of Mackinac when it collided with a ...

Her parents Todd and Angela James touched down in Brisbane on Tuesday morning, accompanied by Piper’s best friend and travel companion, Taylor, and other family members. The family were invited to ...

When the German sociologist Max Weber visited the U.S. in 1904, he was shocked to hear why Americans tolerated inept leaders. “We prefer having people in office we can spit upon, rather than officials ...

From sea to shining sea, museums, concert venues, theaters, production companies and every other conceivable cultural group are fêting the land of the free this year. This collection of notable ...

In trading on Monday, shares of Bank of America Corp's 4.750% Dep Shares Non-Cumul Preferred Stock Series SS (Symbol: BAC.PRS) were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend ...

DETROIT (AP) — A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald were sold at auction Friday for $150,000, a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship’s sinking in Lake ...

A group of Canadian divers exploring beneath the surface of Lake Ontario encountered the wreck of a ship believed to have sunk 200 years ago. The Jeff Lindsay team said its divers were puzzled to ...

Colombian scientists also retrieved three coins and a porcelain cup from the San José, which treasure hunters have come to call the Holy Grail of shipwrecks. By Rylee Kirk The government of Colombia ...

When the United States faced the looming threat of World War II in the 1930s, it bet big on science — and won. The nation invested billions of dollars in research at universities and in industry. That ...