The American engineer and inventor John Stevens (1749-1838) was one of the country's earliest experimenters with steamboats. He spent his entire career promoting better transportation in the form of steam railroads, canals, and steamboat lines. John...

John Stevens provided the impetus for the steamboat industry that revolutionized the United States. The son of a merchant and ship owner and member of a very wealthy family, Stevens was born in New York City and graduated from King's College in 1768....

"There was no conspiracy, there was no cover-up." _ Former Police Commissioner Lord John Stevens, head of the investigation into the deaths of Princess Diana and her friend, Dodi Fayed.___"We are certain the Princess of Wales was not pregnant at the time of her death."...

Lawyers for Harrods department store owner Mohamed al Fayed asked a coroner Wednesday to order London police to hand over all documents and interviews from a three-year investigation into the deaths of his son Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana.At a preliminary hearing ahead of an...

John Edwards returned Saturday to his legal roots and his native state as he wrapped up a fundraising blitz.Edwards stopped at a reception at the upscale office building of one of South Carolina's biggest trial lawyer firms, just across from Charleston's port and near the...

Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph Biden found a ready critic for his own criticism of the U.S. war in Iraq as the senator campaigned Saturday in the hometown of Shaw Air Force Base.The Delaware Democrat said he has been right to criticize the Bush administration for...