Harry Potter Fans Still Aren’t Sure How This Character Actually Died
The Battle of Hogwarts had some heavy casualties, but some fans question how the heroes took down so many Death Eaters ...
Bill to abolish the death penalty gaining bipartisan support in Indiana. Will it pass?
Ending capital punishment had been a dormant issue in Indiana, but advocates now believe a Republican-led effort to abolish ...
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How Guy Fawkes, Figurehead of the Gunpowder Plot, Avoided the Full Horrors of Execution by Hanging, Drawing and Quartering
The Catholic conspirator jumped or fell from the gallows on this day in 1606, breaking his neck before the executioner could ...
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92 years ago today, Hitler took power. This historian wants us to see the lessons we’ve ignored from his rise
It has been said that the Weimar Republic died twice,” Timothy Ryback writes. “It was murdered, and it committed suicide.” In his new book, “Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power,” we know who the ...
Iris Cummings Critchell, last living Olympian from 1936 Berlin Games and aviation pioneer, dies at 104
Iris Cummings Critchell, an aviation pioneer who was believed to be the last living Olympian from the 1936 Berlin Games, died ...