Asked to evaluate his son's abilities as an intellectual, the elder Edison said that he was, “absolutely illiterate, ...

Hear echoes of the Victorian age, captured in some of the world’s first audio recordings, in this video essay on the ...

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In the late 19th century, movies became so popular that filmmakers and entrepreneurs rushed to create dedicated venues for ...

EDISON, New Jersey (WABC) -- Crews are working to repair a large water main break that occurred overnight Thursday in Edison, New Jersey. Edison Mayor Sam Joshi says a 20-inch water main broke at ...

Building upon his work with the telegraph and telephone, Thomas Edison ... refining the phonograph with innovations such as mass production techniques and longer-playing Amberol cylinders. Despite ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal courts will not refer allegations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have violated ethics laws to the Justice Department, the judiciary’s policymaking ...

Thomas the Tank Engine became a household name thanks to the long-running children's TV series Thomas & Friends. Now, just a few years after the show went off the air, its creator Britt Allcroft ...

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal courts will not refer allegations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence ...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will not face a federal investigation into allegations of ethics violations, the U.S. Judicial Conference announced Thursday. The decision follows calls from ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children's television series Thomas & Friends, has passed away at the age of 81. Allcroft, from Worthing, England, produced several shows for British ...

By Isabella Kwai Britt Allcroft, a British producer, director and writer who adapted the antics of a cheerful, impetuous locomotive into a TV series, “Thomas & Friends,” which became a ...