Shipley, who wrote “The Case of the Unknown Woman: The Story of One of the Most Intriguing Murder Mysteries of the 19th Century,” will give a talk about one of the county’s most infamous ...

The tragic Case of Marie Boyer that caused a sensation in 19th Century France and is stall talked about in Marseille today.

Wisconsin's top state court ruled on Wednesday that an 1849 state law banning abortion in virtually all cases cannot be ...

Arabbing, the centuries-old Baltimore tradition of selling items out of a horse-drawn wagon, persists today despite being on ...

A 19th century “anti-vice” law is at the center of a new court ruling that threatens access to the leading abortion drug in the U.S.

In this video, historian Alice Loxton give a summary of crime and punishment in 18th and 19th century Britain. Find out more about GCSE History. Crime and Punishment. Now playing video 3 of 4.

The ultraconservative Texas judge who ruled the FDA never had the authority to approve mifepristone recently used the Comstock Act, a 19th century sexual purity law still on the books, to uphold a ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on ...

Archeologists discovered the remains of a 19th century quarantine hospital and cemetery submerged in the waters off the Dry Tortugas National Park in the Florida Keys, officials said Monday.

Researchers Find Cannibalized Victim of 19th-Century Arctic Voyage A new study offers clues to a 179-year-old mystery that killed more than 100 explorers on the Franklin expedition in the Canadian ...

Inside the crime of the 19th century. The gruesome deaths of Borden's parents became a national obsession in the 1890s. Despite the jury’s verdict, the accused's guilt remains a mystery.