Forecasters say Helene has strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane as it races toward northwest Florida. The enormous storm ...

Researchers recently identified James Fitzjames, a captain on the ill-fated HMS Erebus that went looking for the Northwest ...

The cannibalised skeletal remains of a member of the doomed 1845 British Arctic expedition have been identified as that of Captain James Fitzjames. In 1845, Sir John Franklin ventured to find a ...

Nigel Gambier has always been proud of his ancestor, who captained one of the ill-starred ships on Sir John Franklin's ...

Another piece of the Franklin Expedition puzzle has dropped into place. However, like most new bits of information concerning ...

It’s never “business as usual” at McMenamins Pubs & Breweries, the Portland-Ore.-based restaurant group that has built an ...

Expect up to two "major expedition" segments every year, one in a cold climate (like the Northwest Passage or the Arctic) and ...

An intrepid Borders rower and his crew mates were shipwrecked during their attempt to become the first people to row the ...

We don’t like seeing pylons and turbines in our ocean, but it is better than burning coal or other fossil  fuels to generate ...

Miller was arrested early Monday after a 2.5 hour standoff with authorities that followed at least two break-ins in the suburb northwest of Chicago. Officers investigating home invasion see ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Violence Against Women Act, the White House on Thursday is set to announce new efforts to address online ...

This year's cherry season had a lot riding on it. B.J. Thurlby, president of Northwest Cherry Growers, said in an interview in June that the industry was "in trepidation" at the thought of another ...