For two and a half centuries, a tract of land in Valentines, Virginia, passed from heir to heir before an outside entity purchased what remained of the property. The Vintage ...

Kate McMahon, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” – while they were ...

THE Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) held its annual review and outlook (R&O) seminar this week, where industry experts provided a nuanced perspective on the plantation sector’s prospects for 2025.

A newborn baby girl was discovered abandoned inside a plastic bag at an under-construction house near Gajjumata Chowk on LDA Road, officials confirmed on Friday. According to Rescue 1122 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara are showing how abandoned coconut plantations have taken over Pacific islands, choking out many native plants, according to Earth.com.

A CREEPY ghost town - dramatically abandoned by its residents over 60 ... The traces also include the spine-chilling Mulberry Grove Plantation cemetery, where the graves of enslaved people and ...

I would like to refer briefly also to two other domestic issues of significant importance, namely the land and housing reform, and the nationalization of the plantations. Land reform was ultimately a ...

Officials say the fire broke out just before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday at an abandoned home on Swinburn Street. According to the Charleston Fire Department, the home was abandoned. Crews say the home was ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This undated handout photo provided by the Greek Police and released on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 shows a ...

2025 shows a marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old which was found abandoned in a garbage bag in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece. (Greek Police via AP) ...