Three nuns have been sentenced for a campaign of abuse towards children at homes across Scotland in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Great Molasses Flood struck in the city's North End without warning at midday on Jan. 15, 1919. It was a sticky, deadly tsunami that flattened an entire neighborhood within seconds. A giant ...

After a fire nearly destroyed a colonial community along the Delaware River, Ben Franklin organized the first volunteer fire ...