The United States space agency NASA named a shuttle in honour of Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour, and in 2023 astronauts compared their mission on Space Shuttle Endeavour with its namesake ...

Almost one-third of the participating schools chose the same name: Endeavour. It was a British ship that was best known for its first voyage (1769-71) with James Cook as captain. On that voyage ...

The James Beard Foundation today announced its 2025 Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists, and more than a few from Hawaii are on the list. The James Beard Awards are considered to be among the ...

The tip credit allows restaurants to pay tipped employees less than the state's minimum wage, but a legislator has proposed a bill that would slowly phase that out, making restaurants pay their ...

You can also visit via an organized tour. Several of the best Hawaii tours feature a stop at the Captain Cook Monument on their snorkeling excursions. There are two active volcanoes in Hawai'i ...

The statue of a person some call an "explorer" and others call a "colonizer" has been vandalized in Australia. English naval ...

James Vince is to step down as Hampshire captain and move to Dubai following several attacks on his family home. The 33-year-old all-rounder, who was part of the England squad that won the 2019 ...

While Cook is historically recognised as the explorer who charted and claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain in 1770, his arrival is also seen as a prelude to the violent colonisation, ...

SYDNEY >> A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia’s ...