We, as a nation, owe a lot to our cinemas for it has always unfailingly filled in the gaps in our education system. No English class had ever taught us that all ...

Maryland is the most recent state to introduce legislation to exonerate those convicted of witchcraft centuries ago. But why ...

Salem, Massachusetts is best known for the Witch Trials of 1692. That history turned the small town into a Halloween destination, with more than 1 million people flocking there in the month of October ...

Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices ...

A haunting relic of America's tumultuous past has surfaced on the market - an extraordinary 350-year-old estate entwined with the sinister shadows of the Salem witch trials and the fiery crucible ...

Salomon Cruz-Perez, 40, of Fort Pierce, Florida, has been charged with two counts of aggravated animal cruelty resulting in death (St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office) Salomon Cruz-Perez, 40, faces ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Eggs were once Salvador Aguado’s go-to food when cooking for his grandkids. But the 51-year-old South Chicago resident hasn’t bought eggs in more than a month ...

Even when the story of the Salem Witch Trials is told with accuracy, the distance of centuries can make it hard to imagine. With this ongoing exhibition, the Peabody Essex Museum tries to close ...

The director Catherine Gund fuses work from multiple artists with archival footage and interviews to craft an exploration of Black resilience. By Alissa Wilkinson In this coming-of-age drama from ...