1834-1861 British-born Australian explorer who made the first overland crossing of the Australian continent in 1860 as second-in-command and surveyor on Robert O'Hara Burke's (1821-1861) ill-fated Great Northern Expedition, on which he...

William John Wills (5 January 1834 – June 1861) was an English surveyor who also trained for a while as a surgeon. He achieved fame as the second-in-command of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia...

JOHN WILLS enjoyed the unique distinction of being the first and last Lord-Lieutenant of Avon. It was a role he carried out with efficiency, courtesy and good humour. And when months before the county of Avon was abolished in 1996 he was appointed to...

From the moment his teammates put it in his hands, David Williams could not look away. Distractions surrounded him, but his attention never wavered. The Bethesda-Chevy Chase star couldn't help it. He never had held a state championship trophy. Williams scored in...

Four men charged in a bid-rigging scheme to win $79 million in contracts from the U.S. Army Medical Command have reached plea agreements that includes prison time, federal prosecutors said.Authorities say the men got roughly $3.6 million in profits by tainting contracts to take advantage...

Four men charged in a bid-rigging scheme to win $79 million in contracts from the U.S. Army Medical Command have reached plea agreements that includes prison time, federal prosecutors said.Authorities say the men got roughly $3.6 million in profits by tainting contracts to take advantage...