I’m sure most of us have heard our elders talk about taking corn or wheat to a grist mill and having it ground into cornmeal, ...

A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: prisons.

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(Océane Doucet/Radio-Canada) Moncton is taking ownership of the ruins of a large rink near downtown that was destroyed by a fire almost a century ago. Councillors voted 10-1 Monday to accept ...

Celebrations that erupted in Gaza on Sunday morning after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect have quickly given way to dismay as Palestinians begin returning to what’s left ...

The Roslyn Landmark Society has received a $675,000 grant from the state that will help fund the third phase of its restoration of the Roslyn Grist Mill. The grant was awarded by the state’s ...

A contractor working at the Sappi Somerset Mill in Skowhegan fell through a roof opening Friday and suffered serious injuries, according to a Sappi official. SKOWHEGAN — A contractor was ...

some posting videos on social media showing them walking through the ruins without any protective gear. For one Hawaiʻi official, it’s a replay of what they saw after the deadly Lahaina fire ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Palestinians salvage what they can from the destruction left by Israeli troops in Khan Younis, southern Gaza ...

Have you ever wondered what makes us love glorified sites that now sit in ruins? Why, for instance, does the desolate town of Hampi receive eight lakh tourists from around the world, year after year?

More than 12,000 buildings have been destroyed and 25 people killed in total after devastating fires have ravaged Southern California, officials say. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told residents on ...