This Telegraph archive photograph shows Alton City Hall in 1940. It cost $200,000 to complete. The building, completed in 1928, originally featured a mansard roof. Copper from the roof was removed and ...

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced to life in U.S. prison for conspiracy to commit murder, drug trafficking and money ...

The siege of Constantinople begins during the fourth crusade. 1585: English secret service discovers Anthony Babington’s murder plot again ...

In the early 1990s, McDonnell Douglas unveiled the MD-12, a bold double-decker superjumbo designed to rival the Boeing 747. Promising capacity for over 500 passengers and lower fuel burn per seat, the ...