New expedition heads to Nikumaroro Island to examine satellite evidence that may solve the 88-year mystery of aviation ...

The official search, named the "Taraia Object Expedition," will begin on Nov. 5, when a field team visits the island Nikumaroro by sea.

Authorities say a woman visiting Alaska’s capital city on a cruise ship did not return from a hike she said she was taking.

Purdue University, which helped fund her historic 1937 flight, said it will send a team to a remote island in the South ...

Then residing in Massachusetts, Earhart jumped at the opportunity to be the first woman to partake in a transatlantic flight.