On February 13, 1898, the USS Maine exploded in a Havana harbor, killing 268 U.S. seamen. Blaming the country that controlled Cuba, the United States on April 25 declared war against Spain.

The battleship USS Maine exploded in the Havana, Cuba, harbor in 1898, killing more than 260 US sailors. President William McKinley initially believed the sinking to be an accident, but the media ...

Every year we like to remind Notre Dame fans, and fans of college football, why the rivalry between the Fighting Irish and ...

A team of investigators says they have found the wreck of the USS Stewart, a U.S. Navy destroyer that served under both American and Japanese flags during World War II before it was deliberately ...

The U.S. Space Force is tracking debris in space after a satellite manufactured by Boeing exploded earlier this week, the satellite's operator said. The Intelsat 33e satellite, which was launched ...

A submersible has dived to the world’s deepest-known shipwreck. The vessel reached the USS Johnston, which lies 6.5km (4 miles) beneath the waves in the Philippine Sea in the Pacific Ocean.

An autonomous drone fleet overseen by Ocean Infinity has rediscovered the USS Stewart, the only US Navy destroyer ever captured by Japanese forces during World War II. The marine robotics company ...

In 1841, the first USS Missouri was constructed as a frigate. The second Missouri was built as a Maine-class battleship first launched in 1901. The keel for the USS Missouri Iowa-class battleship ...

An American World War II-era bomb buried beneath a busy Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, cratering a busy taxiway and forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights, officials said. According ...

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The lack of rain and a month of warm temperatures have made much of Michigan more than just very dry. We now have large areas in various levels of drought. The rainfall map for the last two months ...

On February 13, 1898, the USS Maine exploded in a Havana harbor, killing 268 U.S. seamen. Blaming the country that controlled Cuba, the United States on April 25 declared war against Spain.