Though only a fraction of its Gilded Age mansions remain, Long Island still offers a glimpse of the opulence that F. Scott ...

Mount Etna erupted on Monday on the Italian island of Sicily, spewing ash and lava into the air, Italy's volcano monitoring body said. Videos captured the spectacular eruption, showing plumes of ash ...

1621: Sir Francis Bacon is imprisoned in the Tower of London for one night. 1659: The Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague. 1669: The last entry in Samuel Pepys’s diary.