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It is hard to think of something more pro-freedom than the abolition of slavery.

The collapse of classical Hollywood’s studio system in the 1960s mirrored much of America’s cultural and political uncertainties at the time. The assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, the civil rights movement and the escalating Vietnam war provided a background that destabilised the optimism with which the decade…

After two weeks of chaos and violence, four experts consider what's next

THE Conservatives have backed attacking Iran alongside the US if Donald Trump decides to do so

A French court examined on Thursday whether to release Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a Lebanese activist jailed in France since 1984 for his role in the assassinations of an American and an Israeli diplomat two years earlier. Now 74, he has been eligible for parole since 1999 – but despite more…

Though the Trump administration has been removing content on African American history from federal websites, Juneteenth remains a federal holiday, commemorating June 19, 1865

Cue "Thunderstruck" and see what's next for your favorite Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

Close to eight million adults in the US have symptoms of dementia and 500,000 people are diagnosed every year.

Alphabet's autonomous taxi company has applied to start testing its technology in America's biggest and densest city.