In late 1941, the British still viewed battleships as the pinnacle of naval power, with HMS Prince of Wales embodying that belief. A modern King George V-class vessel boasting advanced radar, 14-inch ...

Award-winning Civil War historian William Marvel looks at the seeming revival of Confederate military efforts in the first half of 1864, despite devastating reverses incurred during the previous year, ...

She survived the Titanic—but it wasn’t the only time she faced death at sea. Before she became known as ‘Miss Unsinkable,’ Violet Jessop weathered a childhood plagued by illness.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – An increase in construction vehicles removing portions of the Bel Air Dam in Pittsfield has resulted in the implementation of a traffic control plan.

There’s a new cruise line launching in Connecticut next month with island vibe music, snacks for sale, BYOB and BYOF policies — and most important to some, a bathroom on board. The sites along ...

PITTSFIELD — Three occupants escaped serious injury after their vehicle crashed into a J Smegal Roofing truck on West Housatonic Street on Monday afternoon.. At approximately noon, a vehicle veered ...

Volunteers are needed to help clean up the west branch of the Housatonic River with the Berkshire Environmental Action Team and Housatonic Valley Association from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 21.

A World War II-era landing craft, employed for 80 years as a workboat and fish tender in Alaska, sank in November 2024 when watertight doors in the engine room and companionway allowed flooding below ...

What's being done about our world's sinking cities? Engineers have been developing projects to help Venice rise above the floods with barriers to keep water out of critical areas. In other places, ...

A father and son abandoned their sinking boat into a life raft and were rescued about 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

A father and son abandoned their sinking boat into a life raft and were rescued about 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.