As summer vacations begin, millions of families board cruise ships in Florida, New York, Texas, Washington state and California to set sail for the Caribbean, Europe or Alaska. For many, it’s a ...

Today in History for July 25: In 325, the Council of Nicea closed. Regarded as the first ecumenical council, its 300 attending bishops drafted the Nicene Creed and fixed the formula for Easter Sunday.

For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...