From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Israel How Browne, also known as Israel Howe Browne, lived at 71 Concord St. He was known to allow escaped slaves to sleep in ...

Hotel Alpenrock Breckenridge, in Colorado, is open and ready for guests—including skiers still shredding the 2024/2025 season ...

including the only speakeasy in town. The food and beverage offerings include Edwin, its signature restaurant named after the 19th-century Breckenridge prospector-turned-naturalist Edwin Carter ...

Whether you have a mayor or town supervisor or some other official in charge, well, that’s where they hang their hat. Some cities and towns have impressive 18th and 19th century city halls designed ..

Bodie, California Nestled in the heart of California, Bodie once thrived as a bustling gold-mining town during the late 1800s ...

For decades in the 19th century ... prominent 20th century Black couple In “The Underground Railroad in Massachusetts,” written in 1935 by Wilbur H. Siebert for the American Antiquarian ...

In her heyday, Lina Cavalieri was heralded as the most beautiful woman in the world — a superstar of the Belle Epoque whose ...

The last half of the 19th century brought more than 5 million German immigrants to the American Midwest ... they introduced beer halls, beer gardens, and created communities centered around ...

In compliance with the federal order, the district began busing Black students across town to primarily white ... During the late 19th century and early 20th century, urban districts, such as ...

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The American West is ripe country for torture porn ... In short: It’s torture porn on the 19th-century high desert. But isn’t that how the West was “won”? Well, this series is no documentary — and the ...