DETROIT (AP) — A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald were sold at auction Friday for $150,000, a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship’s sinking in Lake ...

Ironically, 2020 would have been a big year for new music. The occasion of Beethoven’s birth, 250 years before, led to a surge of new orchestral commissions around the globe. The catch? Most had to ...

A happy birthday to Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the biggest giants of classical music, born Dec. 16, 1770. (He died March 26, 1827. An old joke: a fan opens Beethoven's grave in Vienna and sees him .

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IT IS BARELY five months since America broke off negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme and joined Israel in a lopsided 12-day bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic. Its air defences were ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Festive lights are now up at the Overture Center in Madison, marking the start of the holiday show season. Crews began untangling and hanging thousands of strands at 7 a.m. Monday, ...

The discovery of a love letter revealed the depths of Beethoven’s yearning for his "immortal beloved." Scholars have been piecing together clues to her identity ever since. Ludwig van Beethoven wasn’t ...

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Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a tragedy on Lake Superior that claimed the lives of 29 men. In the days following the calamity, songwriter Gordon ...

Captain Ernest McSorley and his crew were fighting for their lives in a battle against the "Witch of November" when his final words went out over the radio. “We are holding our own." Less than 15 ...

News 8 is producing a series of stories that will be published in the days leading up to Nov. 10, the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It will culminate with a WOOD TV+ special ...