ITV – launched in the UK. For the first time, BBC TV had a rival. It began with a five-minute film depicting scenes from London (“Westminster Abbey, with its banners and tombs”), before laying out the ...

John Stapleton, who has died aged 79, was a broadcaster and journalist who began his on-screen career behind the scenes on ...

Granada-land. It was founded by the Bernstein brothers, Sidney and Cecil, and its borders stretched from Barrow-in-Furness in the north, to Staffordshire in the south. Like Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, it ...

Iowa Democrats have flipped a Republican-held Iowa Senate seat, breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber. Democrat Catelin Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch in a special election for ...

During a press gaggle outside the White House yesterday, Donald Trump spoke out against Jair Bolsonaro's sentencing, stating that he's a "very outstanding man" and that Brazil did a "terrible thing" ...

Washington — Former Vice President Kamala Harris writes that former President Joe Biden's decision to run again was a choice that shouldn't have "been left to an individuals' ego, an individual's ...

Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University.The popular political activist was speaking at an event hosted by Turning Point USA, an organization he co-founded in 2012.

A growing population, leaking pipes and changing climate threaten the state’s water supply. Texas lawmakers hope a $20 billion investment will help. From the Rio Grande to Lake Travis, from the ...

Editor’s note: The vote counts in this story were updated at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10. Voters in Tuesday’s preliminary election narrowed down the wide field of candidates for Boston City Council, ...

Editor’s note: This story reflects the updated vote tallies as they stood at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and challenger Josh Kraft will face off in a one-on-one general ...

Democrat James Walkinshaw will be the newest member of Congress, winning a special election in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District to replace Gerry Connolly, who had held the U.S. House seat ...