Power lines are a regular part of our day-to-day lives now as they carry electricity through the world, but when were they first invented?

We have William Potts, a Detroit police officer who had studied electrical engineering, to thank for the yellow light, but as a municipal employee he could not patent his invention. By 1930 ...

What endures most about Coolidge is his character: he is the antithesis of the self-promoting modern politician.

"so I invented the MEDICAL EMERGENCY LIGHTS. My design enables you to request emergency medical assistance, and it could offer peace of mind for safety-conscious motorists with health-related issues." ...

Blair William & Co. IL grew its stake in shares of Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR – Free Report) by 13.2% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports.The firm owned 5,925 shares of the ...

PITTSBURGH, March 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an efficient way to provide supplemental electrical power to electric pickup trucks," said an inventor, from Houston, Texas, "so I ...

Two Lights for Tomorrow” is a nationwide initiative by the National Commission, to commence the celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States of America.

The pair starred as mother and son in the popular 1999 film and its 2001 sequel Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...

William Ged was the inventor of stereotyping. He was a Scotchman, born about the year 1690. For some years he was a thriving goldsmith at Edinburgh, and was considerably noted in the trade for his ...

With cars came traffic, and with increased traffic came collisions. The first electric traffic light was invented and installed in Salt Lake City in 1912 by Lester Wire, a police detective who had ...

Despite Seann William Scott and Jennifer Coolidge's onscreen family connection, they never filmed an American Pie scene together. The Shifting Gears star, 48, recently spoke exclusively to PEOPLE ...