In small town America, boys with absent heads of households were taken under the wing of World War I veterans from such ...

The vessels would allow the Marines to move small teams onto remote islands. Medium Landing Ship, or LSMs, can carry 200 ...

A former schoolteacher armed with a radio and a force of Solomon Islander scouts became one of World War II's most legendary ...

From barrier islands to lake escapes, these budget-friendly American islands offer scenic beaches, outdoor adventures, and ...

Australia is understandably concerned about Chinese adventurism in the Indo-Pacific’s Second Island Chain—but there is little ...

The Adriatic Sea stretches along the coasts of Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Montenegro, dotted with hundreds of islands, each with its own personality, history, and natural beauty ...

A tourist looking for shark’s teeth on a North Carolina beach stumbled onto something when this sliver of steel appeared in the sand. It’s believed to be a bullet linked to WWII training missions off ...

HAMPTON — Bail was revoked Nov. 20 for a man accused of sexually assaulting a 1-year-old and possessing child sexual abuse images after prosecutors described him as “very dangerous.” Stephen Hopping ...

Kristine Hansen is a design, food and drink, and travel writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She often seeks out wine bars, coffee roasters, cheesemongers' shops, art museums, antiques and vintage ...

Brendan Riley’s Solano Chronicles column appears every other Sunday in the print edition of the Vallejo Times-Herald. In mid-1941 the U.S. was five months away from entry into World War II. But a ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Local veterans joined Borough President Vito Fossella on Monday in New Brighton for the unveiling of a new flagpole at the Livingston WWII Veterans Memorial, honoring 280 ...

Burcu Yesilyurt made the split-second choice to empty “just a tiny little bit” of coffee from a reusable cup of joe down the drain instead of risking spilling it on her bus to work in southwest London ...