The World Wars, the moon landing, the invention of the internet, the fall of empires, and civil rights revolutions — history has no shortage of epic, world-altering events. This article is not about ...

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The history of the world is far deeper, broader, and stranger than just political backstabbing, epic battles, and dusty treaties. Every day, people around the globe find themselves in weird, amusing, ...

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Olympic medals look like the simplest part of the Games: shiny circles, three colors, quick photo, move on. However, history refused to keep things that tidy. The most basic idea of what a medal is ...

The Atlanta Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-7 in 10 innings to win the first road series of the season. They were able to stay ahead despite a historic night by Diamondbacks third baseman ...

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SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A former Union Army officer who came to Northwest Louisiana as a carpetbagger after the Civil War lost both of his arms after a failed assassination attempt in the ...

It doesn’t seem possible for this baseball season to get Weirder and Wilder every week. But it’s happening! We had a team win a game on a walk-off single even though nobody was on base. … We had ...

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