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Today in History for Oct. 26: In 1774, the American Congress invited Canada to join the 13 colonies opposing Britain. In 1813, a small force of British and Canadian soldiers defeated an advance party ...

Today in History for Nov. 21: In 1766, the first theatre in the U.S. -- the "Southfork" -- opened in Philadelphia. In 1783, the first free flight was made by two men who rose 100 metres above Paris in ...

NOAA cuts have left the western seaboard without a crucial resource to measure, understand and predict tsunamis ...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Guadeloupe early Monday, according to government officials and seismic data from Colombia’s Geological Survey. The quake occurred at 7:38 a.m. local ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won't be able to return to their homes for at ...

A moderate earthquake struck 8 miles from Estebanía in the Dominican Republic Monday afternoon. The 5.0 magnitude quake, shown on the United States Geological Survey (USGS) map, hit just after 3 p.m.