On Wednesday, the Wisconsin supreme court ruled to overturn the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban, determining that a more recent law, criminalising abortions only when the fetus is viable ...

A 16th-century merchant shipwreck has been discovered 2,567 metres deep off the coast of Ramatuelle in southern France, making it the deepest ever found in French territorial waters.

Wool coats and 19th century hats: See costumes soldiers will wear at big Army parade Of the 7,000 soldiers from bases around the world that will appear in the parade, around a thousand will don ...

The state legislature reversed a centuries-old ban that prohibited hunting on Sundays for religious reasons.

Jeffrey Sachs comments on how closely 21st-century U.S. policy towards the Russian Federation mirrors how the 19th-century British Empire approached the Russian Empire. "We make up stories about ...

A 19th-century Victorian water tower in Suffolk has been carefully transformed into a seven-story coastal home with panoramic views and modern interiors.

A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands.

Some argue that it would create a financial system that operates with many of the same risks the U.S. left behind in the 20th century, including banks and private companies issuing their own ...

Congolese prolific scorer Fiston Mayele, Croatian coach Krunoslav Jurcic and Emirati businessman Salem al Shamsi played key roles as Pyramids became the fourth Egyptian club to be crowned African ...

What makes this find so remarkable is that the camp is located beyond the northern border of the Roman Empire, says Saskia Stevens of Utrecht University. At that time, the Empire’s outer border ran ...

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Student researchers at Ramapo College of New Jersey identified human remains as those of 19th-century ship Captain Henry Goodsell.