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17th-Century Teen Found With Padlock on Toe and Sickle at Throat Points to Anti‑demonic Burial Practices

Researchers report the padlock and sickle were added after the initial burial as precautions to restrain the dead.

Austin Dedicates 'As Queer As You Want To Be' Marker on Fourth Street

Black Women Lead Nationwide Julho das Pretas Marches Demanding Reparations and Bem Viver

Argentine Deputy Demands Retraction After U.S. Congresswoman Calls Argentina 'Racist'

Dr Kumar Saptarshi, Founder of Yukrand, Dies in Pune at 84

Prosecutors Open Probe Into Abuse Claims at Major Bavarian Disability Home

Minneapolis Repeals 38-Year Ban on Adult Bathhouses

Ninety Years After 1936 Paid Leave, Millions Say They Can’t Afford Holidays

Dutch Provinces Adopt Flag Rituals for Keti Koti Commemorations

Joe Swash Traces Italian Roots to Senerchia and an Activist Ancestor

Zoe Ball Reveals Grandmother’s Institutionalisation and Family Hardship on Who Do You Think You Are?

Dutch Churches Acknowledge Suffering Over Forced Adoptions, Decline to Apologize

Black Boy in Early Reynolds Portrait Identified as Boston Jersey

Aging Pressures Push Later Retirement and Upfront Pension Costs in Spain and Argentina

San Antonio City Council Recognizes Trans+ History Week for the First Time

Robert Seethaler's 'Die Straße' Debuts as a Many-Voiced Street Portrait

Manipur CM Steps Up Peace Push, Vows Probe After Child Killings

Volunteers Unearth Long-Lost Barnardo’s Children’s Grave in Bradford

Catherine Rampell Rebuts Tucker Carlson’s Retelling of Palm Beach Club Fight

Dutch Cabinet to Apologize for Past Forced Adoption Practices