The trial of John T. Scopes was an irresistible spectacle that pitted evolution against religion, with public schools as the ...

(WJAR) — Amid criticism over Rhode Island's handling of America's 250th birthday, the state has debuted a partnership with ...

THE TOWNSHIP of Rochester in the Province of New Hampshire was chartered in May 1722. The 253 proprietors who had been ...

The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the ...