On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes piloted his Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the “Spruce Goose,” on its one and only flight; a ...

The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying on little more than speed, altitude or guile. Here are ten spy planes of ...

It didn’t look like it should be able to fly. Despite Blohm & Voss being a famed ship and seaplane builder during World War 2 ...

Oct. 8 (UPI) --A newly-elected German mayor named her daughter as the suspected assailant after a knife attack left the political leader in critical condition. Iris Stalzer, a member of Germany's ...

Oct. 7 (UPI) --Iris Stalzer, the newly elected mayor of the German city of Herdecke, was stabbed on Tuesday, German police said. Police said talzer, a member of Germany's center-left Social Democratic ...

Plattduetsche Park feels like a city within a city, with more than 8 acres of ballrooms, beer halls and even a nursing home on the property. The German compound in Franklin Square has been in flux ...

Emily Mae Czachor is a reporter and news editor at CBSNews.com. She typically covers breaking news, extreme weather and issues involving social justice. Emily Mae previously wrote for outlets like the ...

A lifelong story of love and service has been brought into the public eye through a compelling donation to a World War II-related museum. At 106 years old, Alice Beck Darrow, a former nurse, knows ...

NEW Coffee shops rarely make the evening news anywhere. But this month LAP Coffee was featured on Tagesthemen, one of Germany’s most-watched broadcasts. It added its first outlet in Hamburg, in the ...

Argentine prosecutors have charged the daughter of a fugitive Nazi officer with attempting to hide an 18th-century Italian painting that was looted during World War II and had not been seen publicly ...

Nearly 80 years after Imperial Japan's surrender ended World War II, the number of American veterans who served in the conflict has fallen to around 66,000, according to the Department of Veterans ...