A one-ton cannon from a ship captained by legendary pirate Blackbeard is hoisted from the water near Beaufort, North Carolina. (HOLGER BENNEWITZ/REUTERS) Ahoy, mateys. The sea has given up another of ...

Celebrate Ocracoke Island’s pirate past at Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree, a weekend filled with swashbuckling fun and living history. Experience a historically accurate pirate encampment, the ...

Hollywood has had a love affair with pirates for a long, long time, but no matter how many swashbuckling tales you've seen on the silver screen, you've probably never bothered to wonder what pirates ...

Blackbeard may have intended to run his pirate ship aground off the North Carolina coast, new research suggests. Clues from the 300-year-old Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck indicate there was likely a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A dispute involving the pirate Blackbeard's sunken ship is on deck for the Supreme Court's next term. The justices said Monday they will hear arguments in the fall in a copyright ...

WASHINGTON – Argh, matey! The Supreme Court is digging into a dispute over a sunken pirate ship captained three centuries ago by the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The case, to be heard in the court's ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NEW ORLEANS —A discovery from the wreck of Blackbeard's shipcould offer some insights into pirate ...

EMERALD ISLE, N.C. — Sitting on the beach, watching the waves roll in off the Atlantic, it's hard to imagine the Queen Anne's Revenge, a 17th-Century frigate notoriously captained by the pirate ...