Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged after ...

Did the impossible happen? For decades, the Alcatraz escape has baffled investigators. Now, a cryptic letter sent to the FBI fifty years later could hold the key to unlocking this infamous prison ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Native Americans hold their annual Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island on Monday. (Sarah McGrew / S.F.

The future of Alcatraz lies in one man’s hands. In 2023, as sea levels rose around the iconic island in San Francisco Bay, Pete Kelsey — a technologist specializing in 3D data capture — was called in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A view of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary from the water in 1938. Courtesy National Park Service. On Nov. 10 1936, San Mateo County police made a public announcement that seemed too audacious to be true ...