5 Medical Innovations from the Civil War
Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.
Enslaved people took refuge at pioneering hotel on NC Outer Banks. But perils awaited
A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...
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He once followed this path to his enslaver’s mansion. Now, the same CT street bears his name
Prince Mortimer Avenue in Middletown pays tribute to a man who “survived for 110 years, and he persisted and endured with ...
My First Time in Variety: Simon and Garfunkel’s Late Manager Mort Lewis On His Brush With Civil Rights History
In the '60s, booking music acts in the South was a dicey affair due to horrific Jim Crow-era laws discriminating against ...
Francis Marion's troops used this South Carolina farm for shelter. History nearly forgot it.
Graham's Farm in Lake City was a stop for Francis Marion’s troops during the Revolutionary War. A festival, reenactment bring ...
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Russia-Ukraine War
A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met ...
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New documentary tells the story of Duke’s first Black basketball player, who hailed from Danville
Javier Wallace, a postdoctoral associate at Duke University, was digging through the school’s archives while doing research ...
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Demarcating the Israeli-Palestinian Border
A view of the settlement of Maale Adumim and the E1 area of Jerusalem, 2 November 2011. Mahmoud illean / Demotix/Demotix / Press Association Images.