But a year ago, Brady and his girlfriend discovered a chestnut tree on the property, its large branch with the classic large green canoe-shaped leaves leaning over a trail. Since then he has ...

It was Oct. 26, 1882, in Angoon, a Tlingit village of about 420 people in the southeastern Alaska panhandle. Now, 142 years later, the perpetrator of the bombardment — the U.S. Navy — is set to say it ...

1. True or false: Drexel University’s founder, Anthony J. Drexel, was the mentor and business partner of famed financier J. Pierpont “J.P.” Morgan. The partnership was built on mutual respect and ...

Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo, a Terre Haute photographer, has ventured by plane, bus, motorbike, taxi, canoe and mules into some of the most remote hinterlands of the Western Hemisphere since ...

Twenty hands carried the canoe to the shore and situated it on six pieces of telephone ... Traditionally the log would be collected from an elm or chestnut tree growing close to the shore and removed ...

The upcoming CBS medical mystery series “Watson” starring Morris Chestnut has set its premiere date. The show will launch after the AFC Championship Game on Jan. 26, 2025 at approximately 10 p ...

Morris Chestnut is coming back to prime time. His new CBS series Watson is set to premiere on January 26 following the AFC Championship game. It will air at approximately 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT/7 p ...

The professional circuit for the game of conkers — in which contestants swing a chestnut attached to a string in a bid to crack their opponent’s nut — was thrust into the spotlight over the ...

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The men's champion of the World Conker Championships is being investigated after a steel chestnut was found in his pocket. According to The Telegraph, David Jakins, known as "King Conker," came ...

The winner of a world championship tournament for the children’s game “conker” is being accused of cheating his way to the title — with a steel chestnut found stashed in his pocket.

David Jakins has been competing at the World Conker Championships since 1977, but has never won in his 47-year chestnut battling career — until this past weekend. Jakins, known as “King Conker ...