From the lightbulb to the airplane, to medical breakthroughs and the internet age, the past 250 years have been defined by ...

A POWERFUL exhibition exploring how conflict has shaped the people and places of the North-East is now open at The Story on the outskirts of Durham.

Webley introduced their No5 Express New Army model revolver in 1878. This was essentially a ruggedized and scaled up ...

There's a reason some U.S. troops still carry a 1911.

One of the iconic revolvers of the early 20th century is Colt's compact Detective Special, which became popular on the ...

This Chinese street scene shows a charming urban corner filled with European-style facades, arched storefronts, columns, ...

Federal agents were looking for records that might shed light on why chemicals overheated, threatening a catastrophe in Orange County. By Tim Arango and Livia Albeck-Ripka Livia Albeck-Ripka reported ...

America is known across the world as a nation of gun owners, but only one firearm action has the distinction of being ...

Blue Origin is one of two companies — Elon Musk’s SpaceX is the other — that NASA has hired to take astronauts from lunar orbit to the moon’s surface. The plan for Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander ...

Prologue: A taste for distasteful truths -- Before the mast (1814-33). Lord's Hill ; His name was Colt ; The voyage of the Corvo ; The nitrous oxide tour -- Exertions and enterprise (1833-38). The ...

A trailer loaded with fireworks erupted in flames along a Tennessee interstate Saturday night, sending pyrotechnics shooting across the roadway and forcing authorities to temporarily shut down traffic ...