Today in History for July 29: In 1588, the Spanish Armada was defeated in the English Channel by the British, led by Sir Francis Drake. Although Spain sent other fleets against England in the 1590s, ...

I’m too ill to travel – why won’t the hotel refund me? - TRAVEL QUESTIONS: Simon Calder answers your questions on bucket lists, Belgian cities and airline compensation ...

A Sierra Nevada red fox, a critically endangered species thought to be nearly extinct, was caught on camera by a wildlife photographer in Lassen Volcanic National Park.

News about Canadian National Railway Company, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Museum Happenings This July: Exhibits, Music and More at the National Museum of American History The calendar of exhibitions and events happening at the museum in July 2025.

The National Medal of Honor Museum designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects is a monumental volume clad in metal panels appears to hover out over the ground plane, propped up by five “megacolumns ...

Tinubu, who chaired the regional body for two consecutive terms, handed over the leadership to President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, expressing confidence in his successor’s ability to ...

The National WWII Museum honors veteran Paul Hilliard’s 100th birthday with a public celebration recognizing his service and decades of museum support.

A coalition of more than 20 Latino scholars and community leaders are asking Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to defund the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino.

A "Wonderlab on Wheels" coach would invite people to test their engineering skills with hands-on exhibits from the National Railway Museum's interactive railway-themed gallery.

The director of the National Portrait Gallery has stepped down, two weeks after President Donald Trump singled her out for partisanship and announced in a social media post he was firing her.

Sierra Leone is grappling with a nationwide mpox outbreak, as health officials struggle to isolate and treat patients, and infections across the African continent surpass the total seen last year.