Dozens of minors have been killed during months of fighting between two factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel in northwestern Mexico, a local ombudsman said Friday. Nearly 100 minors have gone missing ...

The transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but much lesser known is the enslavement ...

May 15, 1769: Portola, the Rev. Junipero Serra, 11 soldiers, five muleteers and 12 Christian Indians set out with 200 cattle ...

A new study published in American Antiquity revealed insights into the history of domestic cats in the Americas, including the discovery of remains of two house cats in a 466-year-old Spanish ...