9+ hour, 40+ min ago  (67+ words) News-Press NOW BEIJING, CHINA - Media Out Reach Newswire - 9 July 2026 - Ten years after the South China Sea arbitration, CGTN has published an article exploring the story of the Genglubu " a handwritten navigation manual that guided generations of Hainan fishermen long before…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (1776+ words) In a borough founded by free black families and freedom seekers, more than 20 middle school students are spending this week tracing in daylight the same routes people once traveled in the dark at risk of their lives. The theme this…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago  (571+ words) A historic Edinburgh building has been left damaged after huge fire broke out overnight. The B-listed building, located on Prince's Street, had a legacy stretching back more than 150 years. Emergency crews were called to the old Debenhams building, between Castle…...

44+ min ago  (756+ words) Vallejo has more than its share of saloon stories, good and bad. Dunphy's Tavern ranks high on the list, both for its popularity and for its ties to Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Richard Downey Dunphy, who lost both arms…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (419+ words) History Professor Mark Brilliant authored an op-ed in The Mercury News titled, "America is always a work in progress." Ironically, Trump would be hard-pressed to find anyone more qualified to be patriotic educator-in-chief than President Obama. No politician since Ronald…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago  (535+ words) Two weeks after Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes, the country is entering a new and increasingly painful phase of the disaster. While hopes of finding additional survivors have all but vanished, tens of thousands of families remain waiting for answers about…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago  (631+ words) One of the most unusual episodes of World War II happened far from the major combat centers. In June 1942, Japanese troops occupied the islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian archipelago, an area linked to Alaska. The offensive marked…...

33+ min ago  (287+ words) PRESCOTT, Ark. " The thunder of cannon fire will roll across Nevada County again this fall as Civil War Weekend returns to the Prairie D'Ane Battlefield with a full reenactment of the 1864 battle. The Nevada County Depot Museum will host the…...

39+ min ago  (626+ words) Tom Mooney Out on a Limb If you had ancestors in America during the revolution of the 1770s and 1780s, there's no better time than the month of our nation's 250th birthday to get busy and research them, courtesy of Family Search. A…...

42+ min ago  (304+ words) Imagine if there had never been a Declaration of Independence. There are, after all, plenty of places once ruled by Britain " Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Belize " that gradually acquired their independence over time. What if the 13colonies had done the…...