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China’s shipmaking capabilities are far outpacing that of the U.S. and its Western allies, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

  A look at three Swedish-American immigrants who belonged to the Theosophical Society, and their influence on their adopted-home.   JAKOB

Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist who invented dynamite and other explosives. He also founded the Nobel Prizes, which were supported by his fortune after his death. He made other inventions, such as artificial silk and leather, and registered hundreds of patents in various countries.

The famous battle between the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia did not decide the war, but it did help introduce a whole new type of warship.

Just before midnight on Aug. 2, 1923, Colonel John Coolidge was awakened by the sound of loud knocking at the door of the Coolidge homestead in Plymouth Not ...

From the June 25, 1898 Telegram: "Slowly, steadily, with thousands of persons watching her, the monster slid toward the slip. At the first she seemed to hesitate the fraction of a second; then with a plunge she topped in. A mighty splash and then all was over."

From the city’s greatest hits to lesser known gems, here are 21 must-see museums, even if you’ve lived here your whole life.

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Two-day military drill described as advancing ‘work towards practical maritime cooperation’ and supporting ‘a free and open Indo-Pacific’.

The Lightning could contribute nothing to the newer technology, thus she simply faded away, including from the record books.