In ‘This Week in History,’ America’s first commercial railroad began its run that helped build the Bunker Hill Monument.

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The Smithsonian and a team of researchers say they have the most definitive proof yet about whether former President Thomas Jefferson and a woman he enslaved, Sally Hemings, had children together. The ...

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America’s longest-running paternity dispute has seemingly come to an end: Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings, his enslaved chambermaid, and the Smithsonian has the DNA to prove it.

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Smithsonian says ‘extraordinary proof’ settles controversial question of whether US Founding Father had children with Sally Hemings Emily Blumenthal is a producer on The Telegraph’s overnight desk, ...

A 13-year-old schoolboy has made his voice-acting debut as Thomas the Tank Engine in a new animated series. Harry Sparkes, from Harpenden, Hertfordshire, stars in Thomas & Friends: Railway Stories ...

Mattel, the play and family entertainment company, has announced the launch of Thomas & Friends: Railway Stories, an all-new animated series beginning with the content special Really Helpful Engines.

Edward Thomas "Tommy" Newell III died peacefully on September 13, 2026, with family at his side in Austin, Texas, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 85. Tommy was born in Chattanooga in ...