Today's ferocious weather on the East Coast left me thinking of the origins of the Golden Snowball, the award for big city snowfall supremacy in New York state that is won so often by Syracuse ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Thursday, Feb.

The best way to pay off high-interest credit card debt comes down to personal preference. If you're motivated by saving as much money as possible down to the last penny, you'll probably prefer the ...

On June 19, 1864, the Union sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge laid in wait outside the French port of Cherbourg for the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama. The Confederate warship had wreaked havoc ...

The Royal Canadian Navy has released the name of the sailor who died after a boat capsized in Halifax harbour on Friday night. Commodore Jacob French, commander of Canadian Fleet Atlantic ...

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Police in Connecticut have launched a manhunt for a suspect who opened fire on a pair of kids, striking a 12-year-old multiple times, after the children hit the gunman’s car with a snowball last ...

A British sailor is missing in the Bay of Biscay after Storm Herminia made landfall on the western coast of Europe, bringing with it high winds and torrential rain. The 73-year-old man was reported ...

A British sailor is missing in the Bay of Biscay after his damaged yacht was found off the French coast. A search was launched for the 73-year-old on Saturday after a distress beacon was launched ...

A British sailor is lost at sea after his yacht was found destroyed off the French coast as Storm Herminia batters the region. The 73-year-old set off a distress beacon on Saturday after he got ...

At 7:36 a.m. EST, today is every stargazer’s favorite moment of the month — the new moon. This lunar phase sees the moon roughly between the Earth and the sun, making the moon invisible but ...