Sri Lanka has neither fared anywhere as well as it was expected to do at Independence in 1948, nor even after its spectacular ...

The decision “recognizes what is at stake … [a] public health emergency that originated in slavery,” said an attorney.

In a pocket of Louisiana known as “Cancer Alley,” Black residents bear the generational toll of “plantation country” becoming ...

If the Supreme Court takes up Taylor v. Singleton, it could be the sum of all fears for the most vulnerable Americans.

Ruling that what appears to be discriminatory zoning in “Cancer Alley” has roots in slavery, a federal judge greenlit a landmark lawsuit seeking a moratorium on industry.

Here's how North Carolina members of Congress voted over the previous week.

On Feb. 7, 1964, the Beatles were met by thousands of screaming fans at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport as ...

Commissioner Jennifer Horton, one of Buncombe County’s top elected officials, filed a lawsuit alleging the county violated ...

A victim of Jesse Butler, who pleaded no contest to sexual assault charges in Payne County, challenges his plea deal, which ...

February 3, 1863. The writer, formerly known as Samuel Clemens, adopts his now-famous pen name, Mark Twain. Twain was raised ...

Once Was Inc. hosts meal recognizing service, sacrifice, and the legacy of the 13th Amendment, while giving local veterans a ...