PC: Cable Car Heritage Museum In August 1873, San Francisco tested a new cable railway system designed to operate on streets where horses struggled with steep grades. Andrew Smith Hallidie tested the ...
Sergio Agüero celebrates the goal that delivered Manchester City their first Premier League title in 2012, the moment that announced the arrival of a new footballing empire. Hello and welcome to a spe...
Vancouver workers expecting to find boxes of T-shirts inside a shipping container instead discovered 14 duffle bags containing 328.55 kg of cocaine worth an estimated C$5.8 million, according to polic...
An anonymous donor has given Cincinnati $1.8 million to restore 228 acres of forest at French Park in Amberley Village. The five-year project is being described as the city’s largest reforestation eff...
In 1776, a Gettysburg minister built his stone home Gettysburg’s oldest surviving building, the 1776 Dobbin House, marked its 250th anniversary on Wednesday, 26 August 2026, celebrating two and ...
Beneath the modern skyline of Mexico City, something older still lingers quietly. On the surface, it is a crowded capital filled with traffic, offices, and constant movement. But just a few metres bel...
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated man as the new Commissioner of the city’s Department of Correction. 64-year-old Stanley Richards will be the first person who h...
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid marks 20 years as Ruler of Dubai/Image: X His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Duba...