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(CNN) — The head of a new aid distribution program for Gaza, backed by the US and Israel, resigned on Sunday after weeks of controversy, citing concerns over impartiality and urging Israel to ...

Many of the men who took part in the Congress left traces across the state that remain visible today. Witherspoon's home, statue and grave are preserved in Princeton. Abraham Kitchel’s former ...

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NICK DE LA CANAL, BYLINE: If you've never heard of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, here's historian Scott ... I will go to my grave saying that the Meck Dec is the first piece of paper in ...