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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said the state will send more National Guard troops to Texas to help secure the southern U.S. border.Meanwhile, U.S. House Speaker Mik

House Speaker Mike Johnson said the U.S. saw the most illegal crossings in recorded history in December 2023.One day after top White House officials pointed the

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson traveled to the Texas-Mexico border on Wednesday and said that if President Joe Biden wants Republican support for helping Ukrai

June 29, 1947 – October 22, 2023

• Lacey C. Dunham, 36, of 95 Staples Hill Road, Canton, on charges of violation of condition of release and domestic violence assault, 8:07 p.m. Saturday, July 22, on Auburn Road in Peru, by Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. • Troy L. Hosie, 54, transient, Dixfield, on a charge of violating protection from abuse order, 2:26 […]

An excerpt from "Supporting Shrinkage: Better Planning and Decision-Making for Legacy Cities," written by Michael P. Johnson, Justin B. Hollander, Eliza W. Kinsey, and George R. Chichirau and published by SUNY Press.

6 Blacks who claimed freedom then earned exponential wealth as slave owners Statue of a child slave (Photo credit: Shutterstock / elyn) Contrary to popular opinion, slavery was not singularly unique to the United States and North America. Over the centuries it has been carried out on six of the seven continents. During the 13th century, the Mongols enslaved millions and frequently sold them in markets across Eurasia. Mansa Musa, King of the Mali Empire in the 14th century and considered...

The Lingering Influence of Revolutionary Political Discourse From the Civil War and Reconstruction Era Abstract The Civil War was a seminal moment in the historical development in the United States. The American Revolution may have created the U.S. as a sovereign nation, but the Civil War helped to determine what kind of nation America would become. The Reconstruction era, from Lincolns 1863 Emancipation Proclamation to Hayess removal of federal troops from the South in 1877, further defined ho...