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Sacred hares, banished winter witches and pagan worship – the roots of Easter Bunny traditions are ancient

The Conversation explores the origins of the long and interesting journey the Easter Bunny has taken from European prehistory to today.

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FIFA's global soccer tournament to take America by storm this summer

(BPT) - Everyone's heard the FIFA World Cup 26™ is coming to Canada, Mexico and the United States in 2026, but this summer, sports fans in 11 cities across the United States will be able to …

What state seals say about America and what they don't

Spokeo examined State Symbols USA and other resources to explore why state seals are significant and how they help us understand the U.S.

The story of the Great Migration often overlooks Black businesses that built Detroit

Detroit’s Black population grew sixfold from 1910 to 1920, and many businesses that sprouted to welcome the newcomers flourished.

Best March Madness Cinderella stories of all time

BangTheBook highlights some of the Cinderella basketball teams that have gone on unexpected runs, beat big schools during March … Read More

The tech you need to perfect your March brackets — and more

(BPT) - Are you geared up for the mayhem and excitement March basketball games bring? Whether you're planning to host epic watch … Read More

Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability, a new … Read More

Fighting school segregation didn’t take place just in the South

In the 1950s, Harlem mother Mae Mallory fought a school system that she saw as ‘just as Jim Crow’ as the one she had attended in … Read More

A brief history of presidential inaugural speeches, from George Washington to today

Inaugural addresses that newly minted presidents have given over the past 250 years have aimed to do several key things, including … Read More

President George Washington, left, and his Cabinet: Henry Knox, secretary of war; Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the Treasury; Thomas Jefferson, secretary of state; and Edmund Randolph, attorney general.

When presidents would send handwritten lists of their nominees to the Senate, things were a lot different

The US now faces the likelihood of a bruising and raucous set of confirmation hearings − a clear break from the cooperative system the founders established.

Righting a wrong, name by name − the Irei monument honors Japanese Americans imprisoned by the US government during World War II

The US government locked up nearly 126,000 Japanese Americans from 1942 to 1945, but never kept comprehensive records of all the … Read More

Pearl Young, the first woman to work in a technical role at NASA, overcame barriers and ‘raised hell’ − her legacy continues today

Many of her male colleagues believed Pearl Young had an attitude problem based on her efforts to advocate for herself and her team. Read More

Fossilized footprints reveal 2 extinct hominin species living side by side 1.5 million years ago

Ancient fossil footprints are the first evidence of two different hominin species − Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei − living … Read More

The election is over − but what is a ‘lame duck’ anyway?

The lame-duck period in the US is longer than in other Western democracies, which tend to make the transition over a period of just … Read More

How Native Americans guarded their societies against tyranny

Native American communities were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of careful … Read More