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Protesters demonstrate against federal immigration actions at an "ICE Out of Everywhere" rally in front of City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on Jan. 31.

Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow

Is America still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer to autocracy or may already be there.

A shipwreck found 35 miles off St. Augustine, Fla., has been identified as the SS Cotopaxi that disappeared in 1925. The windlass, seen detached from the ship's bow, helped lower and raise the anchor.

Wreck's Identification 95 Years After Ship's Disappearance Puts Theories To Rest

As it turns out, neither the Bermuda Triangle nor aliens are to blame for the Cotopaxi's sinking. It took Michael Barnette 15 years of research to identify the ship, which went down with 32 people.

Eldred Rock Lighthouse, as seen from a boat full of volunteers on May 17, 2026.

Alaska’s oldest original lighthouse will soon open to the public for the first time

A grand opening ceremony on May 30 will mark the culmination of six years of work by the Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association.

FILE - The Titanic leaves Southampton, England, April 10, 1912, on her maiden voyage.

Life jacket worn by a passenger who survived the Titanic auctioned off for over $900,000

A life jacket worn by a passenger on the RMS Titanic has sold at auction for 670,000 pounds, which is more than $900,000.

In the 'biggest book giveaway in history' WWII soldiers received pocket-sized reads

The books had to be light and small enough to fit in servicemen's pockets. The motto of the Council on Books in Wartime was: "Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas."

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