On Oct. 5, 1846, John Snyder was angry that James Reed’s slow-moving heavy wagon was keeping the Donner Party from making ...

High passes and steep cliffs allowed mountain outlaws to ambush travelers, evade authorities, and launch raids. Today: the bandits of Eastern Europe.

In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.

From inherited paperbacks to the thrill of fresh screen adaptations like Netflix's Seven Dials, starring Mia McKenna-Bruce, ...

In the 21st century, lawyers, and especially those engaged in public policy work, have the exciting opportunity — in truth, ...

Before World War Two, the national police in Japan were used substantially as an enforcement agency for political reasons. After the war this changed, and the police were re-formed with a vision of ...

Alexander Norton was born March 14, 1759, in St. Johns Parish, Prince George’s County, Maryland. He was the son of William and Elinor Stonestreet Norton. The early American Norton family ...

On October 26, 1881, shots rang out at the O.K. Corral. Within the first 30 seconds of the shootout, three members of the Clanton gang were killed. Men on both sides, including Wyatt Earp, Doc ...

"The lesson I learned from that was: you don't mess with people you don't know, because you don't know who they know." ...

If one had to guess which country hosted the first ever International Cricket match, the USA wouldn’t generally be a very common answer. The oldest rivalry in cricket is an unknown fact, remarkably.

New Orleans aims to stop its four-game road slide with a victory against Washington. The teams match up Friday for the first time this season. Washington is 6-12 at home, ...