4+ week, 1+ day ago  (87+ words) First published in 1903, South China Morning Post is Hong Kong's premier English language newspaper and has the city's most affluent and influential readership. With a reputation for authoritative, influential and independent reporting on Hong Kong and China. The newspaper is…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago  (425+ words) Charlie Duncan turned 107 years old on Wednesday, making him the oldest living World War II veteran in Ge0rgia. To mark the occasion, the Cobb Board of Commissioners on Tuesday designated "Charlie Duncan Day," and he attended the meeting along with family…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (404+ words) It's not like there aren't plenty of good options. And also some very, very bad ones. David Courtney, a. k. a. the Texanist, is a senior writer. Q: Texas doesn't have a state scent. As I walk through West Texas brush in mid-March, the…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (80+ words) Hanover Green Cemetery, 689 Main Road, Hanover Township, will host the annual Heritage Day along with a 250th birthday celebration for the cemetery on Sunday, June 7, beginning at 1 p. m. Join us for a cemetery tour, meet the 24th Connecticut Militia Regiment of historical re-enactors,…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (873+ words) More from Smithsonian magazine Ellen Wexler | Writer and Special Projects Editor New York's colonists didn't heed this warning. On July 9, 1776, General George Washington gathered members of the Continental Army in lower Manhattan to hear the recently signed Declaration of Independence…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (173+ words) (ABC 6 News) " A Memorial Day ceremony in Rochester honored those buried at sea. Wreaths were thrown into the water below at the Center Street Bridge to honor those who were lost. "And this is the day that we honor the…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago  (237+ words) Home " Travel " 12 Abandoned Towns in America Where Nature Took Over " And What Scientists Found There There's something quietly unsettling about a place where humans once thrived, and then simply stopped. Streets reclaimed by weeds. Rooftops caved in under years of…...

5+ hour, 35+ min ago  (1525+ words) Read on for a brief overview of the life and legacy of the First President of the United States: George Washington. George Washington lived a life of many firsts. Fellow Virginian "Light-Horse" Harry Lee described Washington as "first in war,…...

1+ day, 9+ min ago  (474+ words) Shipwrecks tied to the real pirates of the Caribbean have been found for the first time in The Bahamas, giving archaeologists a rare look into the maritime world behind one of history's most famous outlaw communities. Marine archaeologist Dr. Sean…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago  (466+ words) CATALINA FOOTHILLS, Ariz. (KGUN) " When human remains were found near the Catalina Foothills in early May, social media users started speculating about closed cases in the area, assuming a crime. However, Tucson Police and the Pima County Medical Examiner's office…...