Jimmy Carter was alive for 40% of US history
Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to live to be 100 years old — a feat made even more incredible by the fact that he ...
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A History of America Through the Lens of Disease and Death
Building the Worlds That Kill Us shows how social, political, and economic order in the U.S. has always favored some, at the ...
The history of American expansion: When the US tried to annex Canada
As President-elect Donald Trump talks of Canada joining the US, history shows that in its early days, America was ...
LA Wildfires: Here's How Much This Hollywood Neighborhood Lost In US History's Costliest Disaster
As the Los Angeles wildfire ravages, properties are facing threats with the area already starting to become the one with ...
What fueled the LA wildfires now tearing through some of America's most expensive homes
California is no stranger to wildfires, but the firestorms raging through Los Angeles are different.
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The History of Dueling in America
Surgeons standing at the ready tended Swartwout's wounds. In America, duels were fought by men from all walks of life. But many of America's most important citizens defended their honor on the ...
America’s 250th birthday prompts rethinking of historical markers
This story originally appeared on Stateline. Most Revolutionary War history buffs know the story of Francis Marion, the ...
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A moving border, and the history of a difficult boundary
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