October 1939. In Britain’s supposedly impregnable naval base of Scapa Flow, the battleship HMS Royal Oak lay at anchor. Under ...

The German U-boat force maintained a fearsome reputation. But American submariners fought more effectively.

An original World War II German Enigma machine, one of the most important cipher devices in history, will be offered in Rock ...

Terrence Tysall set a record scuba diving to the Edmund Fitzgerald. Ric Mixter dove in a submersible, finding a missing body.

At least 55 cruise ship passengers have been left floundering out at sea after their excursion boat sprang a leak. Passengers ...

A modern homage to the 1970 Telstar, it featured pixelated black graphics referencing Russia’s digital era. Equipped with a ...

Thousands of vessels — 6,000 or more — lie at the bottom of the Great Lakes. Several hundred could lie beneath the waves in the part of Lake Michigan that falls under Illinois’ ...

The move follows through on the president’s vow to crack down on leftists after the September assassination of conservative ...

The international tour brings U.S. and German leaders to sites of racial violence, urging honest remembrance of slavery and a ...

Thailand on Tuesday suspended the U.S. President Donald Trump-brokered truce with Cambodia after four soldiers patrolling ...

Below the Doughboy statue lie two empty graves — one for Emil Trentaz, the other for Harry G. Seaton. The two Glen Carbon ...