Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 was built by the Electric Launch Company, now known as Elco Motor Yachts, headquartered in Bayonne, New Jersey. It was laid down on March 3, 1942, launched on June 20, 1942, ...

Former Arkansas governor and businessman James “Jim” Guy Tucker has died at 81 years old. Tucker was born on June 13, 1943, ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

“Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II,” is No. 8 on James Hallas’ well-regarded list of titles covering ...

LAPORTE — A U.S. Marine Corps recruiter is accused of twice having sex with a 17-year-old student he met through a local school, court record show. Daniel Escobar, 27, of LaPorte, is charged ...

It's been nearly half a century since he died in 1979, and yet no actor has wholly embodied the role of cinematic cowboy ...

Now, Boretto has turned the miraculous story into a documentary called “The Ring and The Mountain.” She sat down with Ann Nyberg to talk about the experience. Watch the full video in the ...

Saskatchewan’s 24th lieutenant-governor has been formally installed at the legislative building. Bernadette McIntyre was celebrated in an official ceremony on Friday as she takes on her new role ...

Astrophysicist and folklorist Moiya McTier tells that story in her delightful new book, "The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy." McTier's Milky Way makes for a prickly narrator as the book ...

The nation's busiest runway. An airspace cluttered with passenger planes and military aircraft. A history of near-crashes. And a growing shortage of air traffic controllers available to manage it all.