Bolivia is one of very few countries with a legal market for coca. In the rest of the world it is controlled with the same ...

In the first installment of KOOL Sound Cities, we explore the significance of NYC to the Hip Hop we know today.

How Texas Made the West Wild," Bryan Burrough traces the paths of men who settled scores with pistols and called the Lone ...

The Welikia Project, made by ecologists at the New York Botanical Garden, uncovers all the flora and fauna that thrived in ...

Those overlooked records — a trove of handwritten data sheets — were stored on microfilm at the New York State archives in Albany. At some point in the mid-19th century, more than 100 academies — ...

Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times Since drone attacks targeting gangs started in March, they have killed more than 200 people, according to Pierre Esperance, who runs a leading human ...

Once there, you'll disembark at the town of Mackinac Island, walking into a bustling street of horse-drawn carriages, bicycles and pedestrians, flanked by buildings suitable for the 19th century.

"Using modern genealogy testing to identify bone fragments from the 19th century is a powerful reminder of our unwavering commitment to resolving cases no matter how old," Patrick Callahan ...

In 1995, a mystery skull washed onto a beach in Longport, New Jersey. Four years later ... hands with her,” read the Friday edition of the York Democratic Press. An initial report of the ...

CHINATOWN, New York (WABC) -- There was a time when you couldn't walk the streets of Chinatown without worrying if the wrong look would lead to gunshots when gangs ran the neighborhood.

“Haiti is on the brink of being fully controlled by criminal gangs, and we cannot allow that to happen.” He called on the OAS and the international community to help train military officers and new ...

Gangs of New York, directed by Martin Scorsese, is a historical drama that explores the violent rivalries between immigrant groups in 19th-century New York City. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as ...