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The Black fugitive who inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the end of US slavery
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 1 hour agoBorn enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist,...
Calabash, the world’s most famous seafood town, carries on as an iconic restaurant rebuilds
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 6 hours ago“I remember my grandfather going out on the boat, catching flounder and shrimp and the family...
For Simone Biles fans in Paris, it was a 'once-in-a-lifetime' Olympic ticket
New York Times· 6 hours agoOn the morning of Cydney Appolito’s wedding, the blushing bride woke up in Charleston, South Carolina, as a complete ball of nerves. Like so many modern love stories, Appolito had met her groom-to-be ...
She became a mother after Islamic State captivity. A decade on, Yazidi community shuns her children
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 10 hours agoDOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The day they came to take her children, the young mother bundled them up against...
Birmingham charity postcard campaign highlights summer homlessness
BBC News· 10 hours agoMichael McMillan was homeless for several years. Now in his 50s, he works as a manager at Sifa...
War Gives Palestinian Olympians a New Role: Athlete-Diplomats
New York Times· 11 hours agoThe athlete, who had been stretching, shot up immediately and flashed a huge grin. Pins are the...
UM's Ono buys house in Oakland County, raising contract and tax questions
Detroit News· 12 hours agoUniversity of Michigan President Santa Ono is required to live in the university president's house,...
Orphan Black: Echoes Reveals Major Clone Twist
Comic Book· 16 hours agoSet decades after the events of Orphan Black, the series has chronicled a different kind of cloning conspiracy — and with the series' sixth episode, the...
"I Knew Something Had To Change": 13 Adults Are Recalling The Horrible Reasons Why They Had To Stop...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoand 'saved' by a woman I didn't even know. When I got to school, and my mum came to collect me, I
Emmerdale's Paula Lane explains son's new film role with Matt Smith
Digital Spy· 17 hours agoEmmerdale star Paula Lane has spoken about her son’s role alongside Matt Smith in Starve Acre. The...