A handwritten letter found on the body of a man killed in the sinking of the Titanic is expected to fetch up to $105,000 (80,000 pounds) at auction on Saturday.
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A Nigerian man serving life sentences for trying to set off a bomb in his underwear on a plane on Christmas Day 2009 is suing the U.S. Justice Department for denying his free speech and religious rights.
The judge in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s now-pardoned criminal case has refused the retired lawman’s request to throw out all rulings in the case, including a blistering decision that explained her reasoning in finding him guilty of a crime.
A project has raised the ire of some conservatives, who worry that the Battle of the Alamo will be sanitized by “political correctness” at a time when Confederate monuments are being removed across the country.
A Maine high school has rejected a student’s submitted yearbook photo because it shows him holding a shotgun.
Richard Spencer came to the University of Florida hoping to spread his white nationalist ideas, but his speech was instead quickly drowned out Thursday by a hailstorm of chants, shouting and mockery.
Former President Barack Obama called on fellow Democrats to reject politics of “division” and “fear” while rallying on Thursday with party’s candidates for governors in Virginia and New Jersey.
Environmental pollution — from filthy air to contaminated water — is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world. More than smoking, hunger or natural disasters. More than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
White House chief of staff John Kelly defended President Donald Trump’s phone call to the widow of a U.S. soldier killed in Niger, and he said he was stunned that a Florida congresswoman had listened to the call and criticized the remarks.
After Dr. Timothy Dickhudt, a University Medical Center trauma surgeon, operated on Philip Aurich after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, he discovered that their families had connections in his native Minnesota.
Some would jump at the opportunity to train for a job with the CIA. However, Lulu the black Labrador retriever simply had no desire.
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Two men made an unusually small request as they robbed a store in Massachusetts by demanding a single dollar in their robbery.
Spam has become a form of currency, particularly for drug addicts in need of quick cash. With Spam selling for roughly $2.50 per 12-ounce can (depending on where in Hawaii you look), a thief who paid nothing for an 8-pack or a case of 12 can turn a decent profit underselling the retailers from whom they stole.
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