Two of Mary L. Penney’s granddaughters — Audrey and Ella Joyce Oliver — wrote narratives about the history of their family, including their headstrong, adventurous grandmother. Both of them featured ...

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A pair of white hands blinding a Black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming ...

Visitors to either Sicily or Sardinia, Italy’s two great island destinations, don’t have to travel far once they arrive to ...

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Upping his exposure to one of the hottest investments this year, billionaire investor John Paulson is teaming up with ...

Fred Kraus was the visiting scientist on a mission to explore the habitats of the tree-dwelling snakes of the region, but as ...

A collection of Zimbabwean stone sculptures will be the centerpiece of an exhibition at Oxford University meant to ...

Some of Alaska’s early roadhouses continue to welcome travelers with a bowl of soup and a warm fire, while others stand as ...