Hull, MA, United States

The Weekly Closeout: Belk unveils fresh board of directors and Finish Line to disappear

The regional department store has a new board while the athletics brand’s stores are being rebannered as JD locations.

2024-10-04 16:30

'Ghost Ship of the Pacific,' which fought on both sides in WWII, discovered near San Francisco

The newfound wreck could help maritime archaeologists better understand how 20th-century warships were designed.

2024-10-03 22:00

This Newly Discovered Sunken Warship Served on Both Sides of World War II

The USS Stewart was purposefully sunk off the coast of California after the war

2024-10-03 17:54

Russia's Titanium Submarines 'Broke All the Records and Rules'

3 Points You Need to Know: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union experimented with building submarines from titanium, leading to the creation of the Project 705 Lira class in 1971. The Lira’s titanium hull made it one of the fastest and most advanced submarin…

2024-10-03 16:35

China denies injuring 'illegal' Vietnamese fishing crew

China has denied that its law enforcement authorities adopted a heavy-handed approach to stop Vietnamese fishing boats from operating in disputed waters claimed by both countries in the South China Sea.

2024-10-03 08:47

The Bow Looks 'Ripped Off': A Navy Attack Submarine Hit an Underwater Mountain

What You Need to Know: The USS San Francisco (SSN-711), a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, was involved in a significant accident in 2005 when it collided with an uncharted undersea mountain near Guam. -The collision resulted in the death …

2024-10-02 23:11

What reports got wrong about China’s ‘sunken nuclear submarine’

Western news organizations often miss crucial context—and even the real news—about Chinese military modernization.

2024-10-02 18:04

Chinese Submarine That Sunk Had Exotic Hybrid Nuclear Powerplant: Report

The mysterious Chinese submarine that apparently sunk in a shipyard earlier this year was the first of a new class featuring a hybrid nuclear/conventional...

2024-10-02 17:38

NATIONAL SMARTIES® DAY | October 2

NATIONAL SMARTIES® DAY National Smarties Day on October 2 celebrates the sweet legacy of an iconic candy and the smarty pants people who never stop learning. #NationalSmartiesDay Smarties have been around since 1949. That's over 70 years of celebrating this s…

2024-10-02 14:12

A U.S. Navy Attack Sub Crashed Into a Russian Submarine Near a Naval Base

What You Need to Know Right Now: In 1992, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the USS Baton Rouge, a U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class submarine, collided underwater with a Russian Sierra-class nuclear-powered submarine near Kildin Island, close to Russ…

2024-10-02 12:59