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Heartbreaking Jacob Riis Photographs From How The Other Half Lives And Beyond

These heartbreaking Jacob Riis photographs from How the Other Half Lives and elsewhere changed America forever.

By John Kuroski • Sep 25, 2021

Heartbreaking Jacob Riis Photographs From How The Other Half Lives And Beyond

These heartbreaking Jacob Riis photographs from How the Other Half Lives and elsewhere changed America forever.

By John Kuroski • September 25, 2021

Meet Bobby Sands, The Irish Nationalist Who Died During A Hunger Strike

Bobby Sands was a member of the Irish Republican Army and spent the last 66 days of his life on hunger strike in HM Prison Maze fighting for political prisoner status.

By Morgan Dunn • Sep 25, 2021

Meet Bobby Sands, The Irish Nationalist Who Died During A Hunger Strike

Bobby Sands was a member of the Irish Republican Army and spent the last 66 days of his life on hunger strike in HM Prison Maze fighting for political prisoner status.

By Morgan Dunn • September 25, 2021

This Week In History News, Sept. 19 – 25

The first human footprints in North America, Saudi Arabian rock art older than the Pyramids, and the real-life inspiration for the Biblical Sodom.

By All That's Interesting • Sep 24, 2021

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This Week In History News, Sept. 19 – 25

The first human footprints in North America, Saudi Arabian rock art older than the Pyramids, and the real-life inspiration for the Biblical Sodom.

By All That's Interesting • September 24, 2021

Inside Steve Jobs’ Death — And The Bizarre ‘Cures’ For Cancer That May Have Hastened It

On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs died after a battle with a rare pancreatic cancer at age 56. But he may have lived longer if he sought proper medical care in time.

By Kaleena Fraga • Sep 24, 2021

Inside Steve Jobs’ Death — And The Bizarre ‘Cures’ For Cancer That May Have Hastened It

On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs died after a battle with a rare pancreatic cancer at age 56. But he may have lived longer if he sought proper medical care in time.

By Kaleena Fraga • September 24, 2021

How General Butt Naked Went From A Ruthless Liberian Warlord To A Repentant Preacher

Born Joshua Milton Blahyi, General Butt Naked commanded an army of child soldiers during the First Liberian Civil War and fought with extreme brutality — often in the nude.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 23, 2021

How General Butt Naked Went From A Ruthless Liberian Warlord To A Repentant Preacher

Born Joshua Milton Blahyi, General Butt Naked commanded an army of child soldiers during the First Liberian Civil War and fought with extreme brutality — often in the nude.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 23, 2021

9 Celebrities Who Overcame Tragic Childhoods Before They Were Famous

From Eminem's four-day hospitalization at the hands of a bully to the cult that traumatized Rose McGowan for life, these famous celebrities nearly didn't escape their youths.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 23, 2021

9 Celebrities Who Overcame Tragic Childhoods Before They Were Famous

From Eminem's four-day hospitalization at the hands of a bully to the cult that traumatized Rose McGowan for life, these famous celebrities nearly didn't escape their youths.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 23, 2021

8,000-Year-Old Camel Carvings In Saudi Arabia Found To Be Three Millennia Older Than The Pyramids

If researchers' dating estimates are correct, these would be the oldest surviving three-dimensional animal reliefs of this size in the entire world.

By Kaleena Fraga • Sep 23, 2021

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8,000-Year-Old Camel Carvings In Saudi Arabia Found To Be Three Millennia Older Than The Pyramids

If researchers' dating estimates are correct, these would be the oldest surviving three-dimensional animal reliefs of this size in the entire world.

By Kaleena Fraga • September 23, 2021

Inside The Sacramento Sex Slave Murders Of Gerald And Christine Gallego

Gerald and Christine Gallego turned their dark sexual desires into a murderous rampage that left at least 10 young people dead across California between 1978 and 1980.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 22, 2021

Inside The Sacramento Sex Slave Murders Of Gerald And Christine Gallego

Gerald and Christine Gallego turned their dark sexual desires into a murderous rampage that left at least 10 young people dead across California between 1978 and 1980.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 22, 2021

Inside Jimmy Carter’s UFO Sighting In Georgia Just A Few Years Before He Became President

On September 18, 1973, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter filed a report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena claiming he’d seen a UFO four years earlier.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • Sep 21, 2021

Inside Jimmy Carter’s UFO Sighting In Georgia Just A Few Years Before He Became President

On September 18, 1973, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter filed a report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena claiming he’d seen a UFO four years earlier.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • September 21, 2021

Inside The Little-Known History Of America’s Sundown Towns — Which Banned Black People After Dark

Known for excluding Black people and other minorities, sundown towns are historically all-white communities in the United States with extremely troubling pasts.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • Sep 21, 2021

Inside The Little-Known History Of America’s Sundown Towns — Which Banned Black People After Dark

Known for excluding Black people and other minorities, sundown towns are historically all-white communities in the United States with extremely troubling pasts.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • September 21, 2021