The Massapequa Park man who killed eight women from 1993 to 2010 will spend the rest of his days behind bars. Judge Timothy Mazzei sentenced 62-year-old Rex Heuermann to life in prison without the ...

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Activists in Philadelphia are fighting to restore an exhibit about enslaved people who lived and worked in George Washington's presidential household.

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Governor Ned Lamont has signed a new Connecticut law that prohibits the sale and importation of pistols that can be easily ...

Archivists at Brooklyn College are collecting memories from Haitian New Yorkers, as they look ahead to the island nation’s ...

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