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Trainer David Evans celebrated his 100th winner at Chepstow when Lambournghini prevailed in the 7f handicap. "I didn't realise that but it's an achievement," said Evans. "It's my local track but I ...
On Wednesday, the Wisconsin supreme court ruled to overturn the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban, determining that a more recent law, criminalising abortions only when the fetus is viable ...
The Panopticon design involved a central watch tower, from which a single prison officer could observe the goings-on in the individual cell blocks that were ranged radially around the tower ...
Initial efforts to locate a 19th century anti-slavery scroll were unsuccessful — until they looked in a church closet.
Inside the 19th-century Baltimore tradition that stubbornly persists Arabber Keith Chesley carefully fills the horse-drawn cart with vegetables and fruits to sell on the streets of Baltimore.
Plans to convert a 19th century Rochdale pub into flats have been put back on the table. Royds Arms sits within a conservation area of Rochdale and has been vacant for more than a year. But when ...
Labour Peer Lord David Lipsey has been found dead after swimming in the River Wye, police have said. Officers were called to the River Wye in Glasbury on Monday following concerns about the safety ...
When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said ‘No Thanks’ Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation’s newfangled fuel source—and it faced the same resistance as wind and solar today ...
The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-of-the-Century America David Baron. Liveright, $29.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-324-09066-3 ...
June 26, 2025 This Extravagant 19th-Century English Estate Just Hit the Market for $13.5 Million Chedington Court, a grand Jacobean Revival mansion in Dorset, offers 58 acres of landscaped grounds ...
The NSW Government’s plan to integrate hunting with conservation objectives has hit a hurdle, with the proposed bill passed on to a committee for inquiry.
David Lynch’s beloved mystery thriller, Mulholland Drive, is officially one of the best films of the 21st century. See where it ranks.