Before true crime and reality TV, there was the Paris Morgue—where crowds queued to see the dead. It was the first of its ...

James Moon might have vanished into obscurity if it weren't for his invention: a self-operated guillotine that he used to ...

Most of the 23 states that still have an active death penalty allow a certain number of journalists to witness executions, as ...

In this video, we explore an old and beautiful abandoned cottage built in 1804. The cottage was home to a Dutch family for 50 ...

I walked along the sidewalk beyond the library to the Lawless Chapel on the Dillard University campus and paused when I saw a ...

Texas is home to a great many cities with old timey charm, but this one is certainly underrated given how historic the city ...

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For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts ... to designate Memorial Day as a legal holiday. By the late 1800s, many more cities and communities observed Memorial ...

Days later he appeared in court via video link from his hospital bed, and was formally charged with murder. He was to face trial this week. But that has now been abandoned because Vu has pleaded ...

Although ample evidence showed that Chauvin and police misconduct were to blame for Floyd’s death, another narrative quickly emerged — that Floyd died because of a drug overdose, not because ...