Bowdoin history indicates that 128 of the town's young men marched off to fight in the Civil War and many lost their lives.

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In Legacy of Lies, El Salvador 1981-1984, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg documents how U.S. foreign policy fueled a ...

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Representatives of developing countries and climate activists were furious over the outcome, saying $300 billion annually ...

A major storm dropped more snow and record rain in California, while on the opposite side of the country blizzard or winter ...

The cases appeared in California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York between July 31 and Oct. 24, the CDC said. Nine out of ...

A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

Texas builders warn mass deportations of undocumented migrants could devastate the construction industry, threatening housing ...

NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked the city of Dnipro with an experimental, hypersonic ...