for the first time enabling trains to travel directly between London and Edinburgh as the new rail network spread across Britain like wildfire. The Swing Bridge opened in June 1876 at the very ...

Temperatures in Boulder, Colorado, skyrocketed by almost 30 degrees in only one hour on Wednesday because of a phenomenon ...

Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.

Beck completed 68% of his passes for 7,912 yards, 58 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in his college career. He appeared in 39 games for Georgia, 27 of them in the past two seasons, leading them to a ...

In May 1936, affluent philanthropist Gertrude Webster ... Of the $40,000 raised at the time, Webster donated one-fourth of that from her own funds, according to Agave. "Quite different will ...

Based in Belgium, RNR Classics has grown over the last decade into a Mecca for everything automotive, spanning from sales to ...

With the Baseball Hall of Fame's class of 2025 announcement approaching, it's time to review this year's ... hits since Hall of Famer Johnny Mize in 1936. Granderson earned three All-Star nods ...

The new year is already in full swing, with the month of January having ... of the vote in his first year on the ballot. He was a six-time All-Star, won the 2007 AL Cy Young Award and a World ...

The ’55 Bel Air was more than a car, it was a gleaming turning point. For a young Air Force soldier it stood for promise and ...

Jim Gantt marvels at the energy of the 20-year-olds he coaches on the Catawba College baseball team. “They’re a little crazy, ...

Rocco Scott LaFaro (1936-1961) was a musician of the first order ... jazz trio that for many musicians to this day remains a model of sonority, complexity, and swing. Scott LaFaro's bass playing ...