How Texas Made the West Wild," Bryan Burrough traces the paths of men who settled scores with pistols and called the Lone ...

England is grappling with its worst syphilis outbreak in more than seven decades, with infection rates reaching levels not ...

The 19th century got off to a fairly good start for Napoleon Bonaparte. Victory over the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo led to a peace deal with Emperor Francis II, and by 1802 France had ...

Smallpox was eradicated worldwide in the late 1970s, which means there is no immunity in the population as a whole. So what is the history of Smallpox? • The first known victim of smallpox was ...

When trying to decide who the best shortstop was in the first quarter of this 2000’s century, The Athletic’s Jayson Stark ended up in New York City with a tough choice. For his "All Quarter ...

A historic brick house with a rich history in Fairfield, Connecticut, came to market last week asking $10.25 million. The Georgian Revival on Sasco Hill Road was built in 1927 in Fairfield’s ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa guide ...

It then sank a few feet to the bottom of Maritime Bay, where it has remained for over a century. While buried under sand for decades, it appears the lake currents only recently re-exposed the J.C ...

Sanofi Pasteur smallpox vaccine (SPSV) NYCBH Produced in 1956-1957 and used in the USA program of that era; in frozen storage since Elstree-RIVM (master seed stock held at the National Institute ...

The wreck captures a tragic moment in maritime history during the 19th century Australian gold rushes. The 800-ton sailing ship was beginning its journey back to the Netherlands in June 1857 when ...

Genealogists have found that his paternal grandparents in Chicago were once accused of a charge that might seem prudish now: A century before Robert Prevost became the pope, his grandparents were ...