Matthew Pearl gained notice for penning novels centered on literary figures thrust into historical mysteries/thrillers. “The ...

The replica of Captain James Cook's ship, Endeavour, sails away from Sydney Harbour. (Pic credit: Richard Palfreyman / Perth 2011 via Getty Images) “He was shown to be an industrious ...

“[Captain Cook] moved to Whitby and he was apprentice to Captain John Walker who ran collier ships up and down the North Sea coast between Whitby, Newcastle and London then Whitby to the Baltic ...

March 26 over the Belmont Park dirt training track as he prepares for the $750,000 Wood Memorial Stakes (G2), a 1 1/8-mile ...

St. Elias Stable’s Captain Cook breezed a half-mile in 49 seconds flat Wednesday over the Belmont Park dirt training track as ...

The Russian captain of a cargo ship which struck a tanker in the North Sea off the UK's northeastern coast appeared in court Saturday charged with gross negligence manslaughter. The US-flagged ...

LONDON — British police said Friday the Russian captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker has been charged over the death of a crew member, who is missing and presumed dead.

The Russian captain of the Solong container ship involved in the North Sea crash has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter. Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, has been ...

LONDON - The Russian captain of a cargo ship involved in a March 10 crash with a tanker in the North Sea off the coast of England was charged on March 14 with gross negligence manslaughter ...

Image: Pic: AP/Dan Kitwood/Pool Image: Smoke from the collision between the two ships in the North Sea seen above the clouds. Pic: Reuters/Paige Langley A large search and rescue operation was ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Russian captain of one of the vessels involved in Monday’s fatal collision between a container ship ...

LONDON — The Russian captain of a cargo ship involved in Monday's crash with a tanker in the North Sea off the coast of England was charged Friday with gross negligence manslaughter, UK police said.