Monumental FollySaddam Hussein’s 1980s “reconstruction” of Nebuchadrezzar II’s palace was built over the ruins of Babylon, near Baghdad. Like many before him, Hussein shaped it in his own ...

A Bethpage man driving a black Lincoln with only three tires was arrested after nearly striking a New York State Police investigator and leading troopers on a pursuit near a road closure on March 8.

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and while only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains intact, we’ve ...