Bowdoin history indicates that 128 of the town's young men marched off to fight in the Civil War and many lost their lives.

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The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what ...

In Legacy of Lies, El Salvador 1981-1984, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg documents how U.S. foreign policy fueled a ...

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected ...

Two members of a Dartmouth College fraternity and a sorority have been charged in the death of a student who was found dead ...

Representatives of developing countries and climate activists were furious over the outcome, saying $300 billion annually ...

BEIRUT — An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese ...

The cases appeared in California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York between July 31 and Oct. 24, the CDC said. Nine out of ...

A major storm dropped more snow and record rain in California, while on the opposite side of the country blizzard or winter ...

The Maine Republican was already the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee. But there had been ...

A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire ...