The ninth iteration of the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball is the biggest and brightest yet, measuring 12.5 feet and holding ...

Isidor Straus, the Jewish businessman who co-founded Macy’s, drowned with his wife in the Titanic disaster. His gold pocket ...

An 18-carat gold pocket watch owned by Isador Straus becomes the most expensive Titanic memorabilia in auction history.

A pocket watch recovered from the body of a first-class Titanic passenger has set a new benchmark in maritime memorabilia after being sold for an astonishing USD 2.3 million at an auction in England, ...

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise ...

A gold pocket watch belonging to Titanic passenger Isidor Straus, which stopped at the moment the ship sank, has sold for a ...

The body of Isidor, who co-owned the New York department store Macy’s, was later recovered. His wife’s was never found.

All walks are now open, after weather-related delays on the Milford, Kepler and Routeburn tracks. The Department of Conservation says the Milford and Abel Tasman are both at 95 percent capacity for ...

I will not be separated from my husband; as we have lived, so will we die together,” Ida Straus said before she and her ...

The 1972 BMW 3.0 CSL Werks Development Car, chassis E9/R1, is up for grabs in the United Kingdom from dealer Dylan Miles, the first time the E9/R1 has ever been publicly offered.

The 18-carat Jules Jurgensen gold watch belonged to Isidor Straus, who perished on board the Titanic when the ship hit an iceberg in 1912.