The second-longest pier in the country, it’s a testament to Victorian engineering, having opened in 1860. Over the decades the channel has silted up meaning that a large portion of the pier now ...

Emergency crews are scrambling across the NSW south coast after towns were drenched by record-breaking rainfall, and about 40,000 homes and businesses across the state were left without power.

The promoters, and, principally, the board of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, were not daunted by efforts to raise money for yet another attempt in spite of failures. A new company ...

Delhi High Court upholds phone interception for large-scale corruption cases, citing public safety and economic impact. A ...

The staying power and determination to continue to print Truth and Liberty, no matter what, is the legacy of the Deseret News ...

DAVID Hockney once said ‘To do landscapes you’ve got to know the place rather well - you’ve got to love it actually.’ The same can be ...

In 1860 Congress passed, and President James Buchanan signed, the Pacific Telegraph Act, which authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to seek bids for a project to construct a transcontinental line.

The historic Pony Express Re-Ride concludes Saturday in St. Joseph, Missouri, as riders finish a 2,000-mile relay carrying mail by horseback.

IT was 1964 and, unable to contain herself any longer, eight-year-old Donna Austin bounded on to the stage with the Maori Hakas and began dancing her heart out to the go-go.

From L.A. to Zion National Park, Denver, Omaha, Chicago, Detroit, and finally New York, the Civic Hybrid proved to be a champ ...

Today in History for June 27: In 1299, in his encyclical "Scimus fili," Pope Boniface VIII claimed that Scotland owed allegiance to the Catholic Church.