The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

In the summer of 1967, then 18-year-old George Cushman IV was headed off to the University of Florida as the Vietnam War raged. ROTC was mandatory for ...

A once-every-four-years report card on the upkeep of America’s infrastructure gave it a “C” grade, up slightly from previous ...

But war was a scenario its engineers never envisioned ... things that could happen,” said Mr. Schmieman, 78, a retired civil engineer from Washington state who was a senior technical adviser ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When protests over the Israel-Hamas war took root on Columbia University’s campus last spring, Mahmoud Khalil ...

Actor Nina Sosanya and prize winning poet and writer Joelle Taylor talk favourite books with Harriett. Nina chooses Sally Jones and the False Rose by Jakob Wegelius, a children's novel with a mute ...

Ken Tait in 1964 founded Tait & Associates where his sons Tom, the former mayor of Anaheim, is chairman while Rich is ...

Seventy years later, “Mr. Network” is retiring as a principal engineer for the utility. Most people don’t hold the same job that long. Many don’t live that long. On Friday, Georgia Power will honor ...

In January 1988, one of Taiwan’s most senior nuclear engineers defected to the United States after passing crucial intelligence on a top-secret program that would alter the course of Taiwan’s history.

Educational material about Black people, Latinos and women in the military have been changed on Arlington National Cemetery website.

In recognition of Metrorail’s 49th birthday on March 27, learn about the agency’s first General Manager and how he set the tracks for the Metro service we know today.

Randall Pietersen, a civil engineer in the U.S. Air Force, set out on a training mission to assess damage at an airfield runway, practicing ...