As you put the finishing touches on your costume and stock up on candy for the neighborhood kids, let's take a minute to reflect on the origins of these and other Halloween traditions. 1. Who started ...

A coalition of high-profile Miamians who oppose the administration’s policies on immigration is calling on South Florida residents and leaders to stand up for immigrant neighbors being targeted by ...

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Rockford Tower stands majestically in Wilmington like a sentinel from another era, watching over the city with quiet dignity. Its stone walls and fairytale appearance make it one of Delaware’s most ...

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Forget the TV drama of “democracy under attack.” There is no season twist on Capitol Hill, no slick villain delivering a chilling monologue to a string-quartet soundtrack, and no mastermind plotting ...

A Highland MP has dubbed plans to house asylum seekers at an Inverness army barracks “as inappropriate as a city centre hotel ...

Halloween is very clearly out of control. You could put it in dollars and cents: Americans will spend something like $13 ...

Decision by decision, the Republican-appointed Supreme Court majority is hardening America's division into a two-tier society. The result is that even as racial minorities are growing into a majority ...

Chicago mobster Al Capone is arguably one of the most notorious inmates with Irish ties. The former criminal wed Mae Coughlin ...