When Samuel D. Riddle announced in the latter part of 1920 that his superb champion Man o’ War would not race as a 4-year-old, disappointment reigned far and wide among the magnificent colt’s legions ...

A British nurse who risked — and ultimately lost — her life to help British and French soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium in World War I is remembered with a Google Doodle Tuesday. Edith ...

Convicted of treason for helping Allied soldiers flee Belgium, English nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad at 2am 100 years ago today. Reports of her execution for treason include ...

As the world continues to remember the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, The Royal Mint has chosen to honour one very special lady. Nurse Edith Cavell was one of the most prominent ...