These days, the month of December is celebrated as a holiday season. In the early days of the United States Life-Saving ...

By James D. “Keeper James” Charlet © 2024 The month of December today is celebrated as a holiday season. In the early days of the United States Life-Saving Service (1871-1915), however, it was ...

In addition to voting in the presidential contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, voters in Oregon will cast ballots for the state’s six congressional districts.

Kamala Harris has won the Oregon contest, NBC News projects, and secured the state’s eight Electoral College votes. In 2020, Biden won Oregon with 57% of the vote to Trump’s 40%. In 2016 ...

After a shipwreck, it becomes extremely difficult for one to survive, but an 11-year-old girl did so off the Italian coast. After a boat containing several refugees sank, the girl was found three days ...

A mysterious shipwreck found off the coast of Kenya may be a lost galleon taken by famed explorer Vasco da Gama on his final voyage to India. The Portuguese noble, who was the first European to ...

I took over the business in 2012, and when I’m not manning the shop, I’m probably exploring Second World War–era shipwrecks in the Pacific, or maybe I’m 400 feet down in a tea-coloured ...

Shipwreck discoveries often hit the news and can be captivating tales of exploration, trade, and war in times gone by. Behind these discoveries are the stories of the ships, their crews, and what ...

A 6th-century BC shipwreck found off the coast of Sicily provides evidence of goods exchanged during the era when Greeks and Carthaginians fought for control of the seas. Credit: The University of ...

MALINDI, KENYA—A Portuguese shipwreck found near the coastal Kenyan town of Malindi in 2013 may be a ship from one of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's voyages in the Indian Ocean some 500 ...

FWC Officials have recovered a cache of coins that was stolen nearly a decade ago from 18th-century shipwrecks off Florida’s coast. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Hidden beneath the waters off Sicily’s southern coast, a 2,500-year-old shipwreck is revealing secrets of the ancient Mediterranean. In 2022, a diver and volunteer with the Italian organization ...