In 1861, during the American Civil War when Hilton Head Island in South Carolina fell to Union troops, hundreds of enslaved African Americans escaped from their former enslavers to Union-held ...

Several groups lay claim to artisan David Drake: a museum, a county, and his descendants. His work serves to illuminate ...

The agent of Liverpool star Dominik Szoboszlai has poured cold water on links of a move to Real Madrid. Szoboszlai, 25, has been tipped to join the Spanish giants as he continues to be Liverpool's ...

In The Bluest Eye, Morrison struggled to unite the there and not-there in the same figure: Claudia had occupied the positive ...

FILE - A person views posted signs on the locations of the now removed explanatory panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at President's House Site in Philadelphia, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP ...

Long after the battles ended, some claim the soldiers never left. From Gettysburg to Culloden, witnesses report unexplained voices, figures in uniform, and sudden drops in temperature. This episode ...

A major cause of Prince William and Prince Harry's fierce rift has been revealed in a bombshell royal book. The two brothers have been at odds for several years, with Duke of Sussex's describing him ...

In late January 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice released more than 3 million files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In the days after, numerous social media users shared a photo ...

A team of prison reformists made their final push to convince a federal judge to order an end to “degrading and dehumanizing” labor for field workers on the so-called Farm Line at the state’s oldest ...

The first week of trial testimony has wrapped up in a class-action federal lawsuit that aims to dismantle Angola prison’s so-called Farm Line. Prison reform advocates lined up on the steps outside the ...

This report was originally published by The Lens, the New Orleans area’s first nonprofit, nonpartisan public-interest newsroom, dedicated to unique investigative and explanatory journalism. There was ...

A problem on college campuses called “ghost students” is on the rise. Scammers steal people’s identities, enroll in college, and steal student loans. Police return to home of Nancy Guthrie, federal ...