2+ hour, 25+ min ago   (34+ words) How a Boston fruit merchant’s obsession with steamships built an empire — and helped redraw the map of the Americas In the …...

7+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1777+ words) Capt. Barry Gasdek left Vietnam with the Distinguished Service Cross, Legion of Merit, Soldiers Medal, Silver Star, Bronze Star with “V” for valor and four oak leaf clusters, and the Purple Heart with an oak leaf cluster for wounds on…...

10+ hour, 2+ min ago   (449+ words) An online debate has resurfaced on whether Taiwan should switch to the same time zone as Japan, with supporters citing its geographic location and saying that China would have no right to object. The debate erupted on Threads when users…...

11+ hour, 18+ min ago   (432+ words) Force H’s commander, Vice-Admiral Sir James Somerville, was personally uneasy with the assignment, reportedly calling it the most hateful task of his career. The Admiralty’s plan nonetheless required him to present Admiral Gensoul with a formal set of options rather…...

10+ hour, 2+ min ago   (775+ words) OPINION — The U-boat skipper peered through his periscope and smiled. It looked like such an easy target. And indeed, it was. Yet going after it sealed his doom while also setting in motion a series of events that made another…...

10+ hour, 10+ min ago   (653+ words) When discussing a fallen soldier’s personal and military lif… A newspaper at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum announces Hoover’s election as president. Hoover’s life story reflects America’s greatness. His belief in American exceptionalism was shaped by his early…...

10+ hour, 33+ min ago   (991+ words) CLINTON — At the age of 52, Steve Larabie is facing the daunting task of rebuilding his home and business from scratch after losing everything when the ferocious wildfires roared into the outskirts of Clinton, B.C., last month. “It’s all gone. I…...

10+ hour, 32+ min ago   (418+ words) On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 42; forty-one years later, in 2018, singer Aretha Franklin, known as the “Queen of Soul,” died in Detroit at the age of 76. In 1777, American forces won…...

11+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1665+ words) Hurricane Lala has weakened from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm after passing south of Hawaii, but meteorologists warned that hurricane-force gusts could still batter the islands with flash flooding and punishing winds. On Saturday, the US National Hurricane…...

14+ hour, 23+ min ago   (901+ words) William Franklin was buried at the graveyard of St. Pancras Old Church following his death in 1813, more than three decades after he was forced to leave America because of his service to the country his father fought so hard to…...