On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat PS General Slocum in New York’s East River; it remained the deadliest individual event in the New York area until 9 ...

Sister Carmen, a doctor -- came from Spain. She left her paying job at a hospital to do so; this meant that the elderly sisters with whom she lived would be without her salary while she served in ...

Trump Buys Himself Time, and Opens Up Some New Options While President Trump appears to be offering one more off ramp to the Iranians amid the Israel-Iran conflict, he is also bolstering his own ...

Using NOAA data, Stacker summarized the last 100 hurricane seasons in the Atlantic Basin. See which years and storms broke ...

An American pensioner and his Filipina wife were found dead today after an alleged murder-robbery in the Philippines. Thomas Lumbard, 81, was resting with his partner Sarah, 65, when the suspect broke ...

BOGOTA — (AP) — A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck central Colombia early Sunday, authorities said. No casualties were immediately reported. The quake hit 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) northeast of ...