On Dec. 2, 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent ...

A man thought to have been the last surviving member of the RAF's elite World War Two Pathfinder squadrons has died at the ...

Considered one of the great players of his day, Peter McWilliam was part of Newcastle United's all-conquering team of the ...

Norman Denning, a British intelligence officer from one of Hampshire’s most talented families, played a crucial role in ...

Discover the inspiring life of Nelson Mandela, today’s Personality of the Day. Known worldwide for leading South Africa’s ...

The Five Giants that Beveridge identified have largely been vanquished: Life expectancy across the west is about 20 years longer than it was in 1942. But new giants have emerged: giants that are more ...

Five area men were among the more than 1,000 killed in a surprise World War II German attack on an Allied port in Italy that ...

In autumn 1943 SAS Lieutenant Alistair McGregor (pictured) and his seven men were dropped deep behind enemy lines, on Winston Churchill's personal orders.

Just over a month after the remains of a World War II Idahoan servicemember were returned to his family, U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo ...

Two dozen First World War heroes who were buried in unmarked graves for over a century are set to be honoured for their contributions to the ...