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Grave of first black male slave freed by Abraham Lincoln in 1841 found in cemetery of former Minnesota psychiatric hospital

Researchers believe they found the grave of a man who could be considered the first black male slave freed by Abraham Lincoln, tracking his final resting place to the cemetery of a former Minnesota psychiatric hospital.

Hillary Clinton Draws Scrappy Determination From a Tough, Combative Father

Mrs. Clinton rarely talks publicly about her father, Hugh E. Rodham, who exerted a powerful, if sometimes bruising, influence on her life before he died in 1993.

Bill Clinton Is Sorry For A Lot Of Things

Here are some of the mistakes he keeps apologizing for.

Senate Passes K-12 Education Bill Including History Initiatives

by Lee White

S. 1177 includes promising developments for history and civics education. It restores limited federal funding for both those subjects although a specific amount is not specified in the bill.

Film shows Queen Elizabeth II as a child giving Nazi salute

Buckingham Palace has been urged to disclose documents that would finally reveal the truth about the relationship between the royal family and the Nazi regime of the 1930s.

Now it's a real movie: The Stanford Prison Experiment

What happens when a college psych study goes shockingly wrong?

Court Rejects Chiquita's Bid to Hide Terror Payment Records

U.S. Appeals Court Upholds National Security Archive Victory in Fruit Company's "Reverse-FOIA" Action

Charlotte wondering what to do about Confederate monument celebrating largest parade in city's history

The 39th reunion of the United Confederate Veterans – at the time, an event hailed as a symbol of the country’s unity – drew as many as 150,000 observers in 1929.

Work to begin on skywalk memorial 34 years after the Hyatt disaster

“It’s taken a long time, but things that are worthwhile sometimes take a lot of effort and I guess this is one of those things.”

Karl Rove writing book about 1896 presidential election

Publisher Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that the book is called "The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters."

South African University Won't Charge Hitler-Praising Student

South Africa's Constitution exempts hate speech from the normal protections of free speech -- and many in the country said that praising Hitler was hate speech.

Secret Grand Jury Testimony From Ethel Rosenberg’s Brother Is Released

A newly released grand jury transcript provides some supporting evidence to Mrs. Rosenberg’s defenders, who believe that she was unfairly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.

USAF Accidentally Launched Rocket into Mexico’s Mapimi Desert 45 Years Ago

While its intended target was the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, it impacted “180-200 miles south of the Mexican border,” according to a recently released memorandum sent from the desk of Henry Kissinger, then serving as National Security Advisor to President Nixon.

Ohio's John Boehner is the third most winning House Speaker in GOP history, professor says

"Of course, Democratic critics might suggest Boehner has been able to hold onto as many GOP seats as he has thanks to Republican-friendly redistricting maps."

Artifacts looted during the Iraq invasion turned up in the house of an Islamic State leader

The United States handed over more than 400 ancient artifacts to Iraq on Wednesday, part of ongoing efforts to repatriate the country’s looted heritage.

Auschwitz Guard Convicted Of 300,000 Counts Of Accessory To Murder

Groening has testified that he guarded prisoners' baggage after they arrived at Auschwitz and collected money stolen from them.

Jeb Bush’s favorite president is ... James K. Polk?

“He said what he was going to do and he did what he said he was going to do, and then he left,” Bush said.

Australia: Vietnam War's medical history to be rewritten to correct record on Agent Orange

The volume is not intended to "rewrite history but instead be informed by 25 years of new knowledge and interviews with Vietnam War veterans."

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew Sticking With Plan To Put Woman On $10 Bill

Lew said that Hamilton's image would be retained in some way on the redesigned bill.

Resistance to Gay Marriages Travels a Well-Worn Path

Legal experts suggest that history might hint at how the coming months will unfold, as a handful of defiant clerks across the South and Midwest refuse to abide by the Supreme Court's ruling last month that legalized gay marriage.