With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

Stump Mitchell was drafted by St. Louis in 1981, taken in the ninth round after a stellar college career out of The Citadel.

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A traffic stop in Vermont has cracked open a cultlike group called Zizians linked to six deaths in three states.

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The Six Nations 2025 is beautifully poised for the third round of matches following an intriguing, topsy-turvy start to the tournament. Ireland are the pace-setters, as expected. They toppled ...

While most people know Cherokee Nation citizen Andy Payne as the man who ran across America winning the 1928 International Trans-Continental Footrace, there are a few who knew Payne as ...

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