In the 19th century, the California gold rush brought thousands of settlers to America's west coast. But finding gold may have been easier than transporting it back east. The only hope for avoiding a grueling six month wagon journey was...

Howcast - Learn how to krump like Demolition Krew in this krumping Howcast video with choreographer Jamal Cumberbatch.

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for our incursion into the means by which massive vessels are dismantled.



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The Tehran municipality’s ‘bureau of beautification’ has painted hundreds of murals across the city, showing blue skies and idealised countryside images – even as the capital bulldozes its traditional buildings. Award-winning artist...

Concerns over the transmissibility and danger posed by the lambda COVID-19 variant are

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prevented all immigration of Chinese laborers. Chinese immigrants were detained at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay at the turn of the 20th century because of the Exclusion Act. This audio story...

The confirmed death toll at the collapsed condominium complex north of Miami Beach rose to 28 on Monday, after search efforts resumed following the controlled demolition of the portion that had remained standing.

Sudbury's famous Superstack is now 35 metres shorter than it was earlier this year. Paul Guenette, project lead for the structure's demolition, talks about how work is ahead of schedule to demolish what was once the second tallest...

President Trump said the 90,000-square-foot ballroom will now cost $300 million to construct, having previously said $200 million, but claimed it would be at no cost to taxpayers.

Trump's $300M privately-funded White House ballroom project begins with East Wing demolition, sparking criticism from preservationists. (Scripps News)

U.S. President Donald Trump now plans to demolish the entire East Wing of the White House after saying previously that the current building would not be ‘interfered with’ during the now $300-million US renovation. Administration sources...

White House starts East Wing demolition for Trump’s $250M ballroom without federal sign-off, sparking oversight and transparency questions. (Scripps News)

Hundreds in Mogadishu say they've been forcibly evicted from their homes because of a government plan to develop areas of the city.

The building complex in Mott Haven was built in 1966 and houses more than 3,500 residents.

The landscape of Bridgeport's South End changed dramatically Sunday morning when a series of blasts took down much of the infrastructure surrounding the old "candy-cane smokestack" in Bridgeport Harbor.

It's going to cost the City of Windsor $2.5M to tear down the old clubhouse on the Roseland golf course. Council has awarded the demolition contract — but Ward 1's Fred Francis and Roseland area resident Catherine Archer have misgivings....

Violent clashes erupted between Israeli settlers and Border Police during the demolition of an illegal outpost near Ramallah. The site, Tzur Harel, built on private Palestinian land, has long been linked to extremist activity. Settlers...

A fire tore through a vacant building on East Hastings Street in Vancouver's Strathcona neighbourhood Sunday morning, prompting a major firefighting response and a public smoke advisory. As Johna Baylon reports, it took about four hours...

Controlled demolition part of new construction project

Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée and actor Jake Gyllenhaal explore and push themselves to emotional extremes in the comedic drama Demolition, says Eli Glasner.

An excavator fell one level through a building at a demolition site in Halifax.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts pair up in “Demolition”, and with Quebecois Jean-Marc Vallée of “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Wild” fame at the helm, expect a unusual angle on this thing we call life.



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The owners of an East Vancouver property that has twice been ravaged by fires are fighting a $1.6-million city bill for the building's demolition. They claim they're victims in the case, but the two have a long history of fire-related...

The number of Palestinians who are bulldozing their own homes has doubled, amid a surge in Israeli-ordered demolitions.