Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents. In a letter to Prime Minister Mark ...

The discovery of the Snake Goddess made researchers focus on the mysterious religion of Minoan Crete and its connection of ...

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Great Britain and Northern Ireland's Megan Keith finishes second behind Italy's Nadia Battocletti in the women's race at the ...

Tributes have been paid to the great British photographer Martin Parr who died last weekend aged 73. Famous for his often humorous takes on everyday life. In this special edition of European Lens, ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout continues the story of John George Hoover, who fought under Gen. George Washington.

While Stonehenge is viewable only from a distance, Britain is dotted with roughly 800 lesser-known stone circles. A favorite ...

On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman killed 27 people, including 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., then ...

The Third Battle of Ypres, around the village of Passchendaele, fought from 31 July to 10 November 1917, remains one of the ...

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The space in Bay Shore formerly occupied by a brewery that loved to experiment with ancient ingredients is now the home of a ...

Even in the 19th century, the United States Congress moved slowly. In 1828, President John Quincy Adams asked Congress to fund a United States scientific circumnavigation of the globe. Congress appro ...