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An iconic leader of the 1960s counterculture, Tom Hayden went from protesting the American political system to working within it. Tom Hayden devoted his life to progressive ideals that the American establishment deemed radical in the 1960s. As a founder of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), he mobilized thousands of young people to speak up against the Vietnam War and demand civil rights for all. Unsurprisingly, Hayden quickly became a counterculture icon — and he also got into a lot of trouble....

This week in health: Suicide rates reach 30-year high, why Europeans live longer than Americans, how loneliness hurts your heart, and where your thoughts go when you “lose” them. Why Europeans Live Longer Than Americans There’s no way around it: Americans just don’t live as long as those in other developed nations. A new study, lead by Andrew Fenelon of the CDC and published in The Journal of the American Medical Association has found that the average American lifespan (76....

Investigators revealed this week that “Baby Holly” had been left at an Arizona church by members of a mysterious nomadic group. National Center For Missing And Exploited Children“Baby Holly,” now 42 and the mother of five, holds a photo of herself and her murdered parents. In January 1981, a young couple was found murdered in a wooded area near Houston, Texas. Forty years later, they were identified as Harold “Dean” Clouse Jr....

From hidden Nazi artifacts to a secret Knights Templar crypt, these are some of the most jaw-dropping archaeological finds from this year. Aldo ManzuettiThis skull of a prehistoric saber-toothed predator was one of the best archaeological discoveries of 2020. There’s no question that archaeological discoveries can change the world as we know it. With the push of a shovel at the right spot, cultures from long ago can be brought to light....

From the Mad Men of the ad world to the riots in Harlem to the artists of Greenwich Village, this was New York in the 1960s. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Back From The Brink: 1990s New York In 51 Intense Photos 26 Incredible Photos Of New York City Before It Became New York City...

In 1930s gangland New York, murder was big business — and the hitmen of Louis “Lepke” Buchalter’s Murder Inc. were the best in the industry. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: The True Story Of Mobster Billy Batts’ Murder Was Too Brutal Even For ‘Goodfellas’ Inside The Brutal 1955 Murder Of 14-Year-Old Emmett Till That Galvanized The Civil Rights Movement...

Though the world has tried to forget it, eugenics was a thriving, mainstream science in the years just before the Nazis made it taboo. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 36A child’s head is measured to determine his personality and predict his future. Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. 1932.Ullstein Bild via Getty Images 2 of 36A poster warns that breeding among the unfit creates an unwanted burden on the rest of society....

He routinely calls for physical violence against Jewish people, but now his own mother has revealed the truth about his lineage. Wikimedia CommonsAndrew “Weev” Auernheimer He ranks among the most infamous American white nationalists, acts as an administrator for the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, and recently said that Jews and their children “deserve to die.” But now, his mother has revealed that he himself has Jewish roots. The mother of Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer recently told Newsweek that “her son comes from a ‘large, mixed-race family’ with Native American heritage, and that he most certainly has Jewish lineage ‘on both sides of his family....

For 15 years, Charles Cullen slipped fatal doses of drugs into his patients’ IVs — earning him the nickname the “Angel of Death.” Throughout his 16-year medical career, Charles Cullen bounced back and forth between various hospitals and nursing homes throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. However, the nurse’s frequent relocation was not born out of a desire to help as many people as possible. He was actually killing his patients and then fleeing before anyone caught on....

This photo history reveals the story of the Cocoanut Grove fire, the deadliest disaster of its kind in history. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Haunting Photos Of The Deadliest Industrial Disaster In History Devastating Photos Of Hiroshima Before And After The Atomic Bombing That Changed History Forever The Deadliest Catastrophes In Modern History: 34 Heartbreaking Photos...

“For far too long, children in this church have been needlessly suffering and dying because their parents, as a condition of their religious beliefs, have refused to seek medical care for their children." Clackamas County Sheriff’s OfficeTravis Mitchell and Sarah Mitchell. On July 9, a man and woman pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide for the death of their baby. The newborn was suffering from breathing complications, but the parents didn’t call 9-1-1 because they believe in so-called faith healing and rejected actual medical care....

The United States invaded Russia, Germany tore itself apart over religion, and hunger became a weapon in Africa. These domestic conflicts render America’s Civil War puny by comparison. Most of us are familiar with the basic facts of the American Civil War. Between 1861 and 1865, a combined 3 million men fought a series of battles, skirmishes, and sieges that saw perhaps 1 million soldiers killed, and ultimately brought the death of President Abraham Lincoln himself....

“I would love to get to a stage where society can accept that some people are sexually attracted to children… and it is safe for those people to admit to their attraction.” null Mere days after a UK judge ruled that sex dolls resembling children are “obscene” in the case of a man convicted of importing one into the UK, one British sex therapist has now gone on record claiming that these dolls shouldn’t be confiscated from pedophiles but instead distributed to them....

While working in a Parisian police station in 1879, Alphonse Bertillon conceived of a way to more accurately identify repeat offenders and became the first to photograph a crime scene. Préfecture de Police, Paris/Wikimedia CommonsAlphonse Bertillon developed the mugshot in the late 19th century. Here he is testing it out. In the late 19th century, Sherlock Holmes became the very picture of the perfect detective. Yet, even author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle declared that Holmes was only “the second-highest expert in Europe....

Many social scientists and historians point to Social Darwinism as a foundation for Hitler’s bigotry. Wikimedia CommonsAdolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was a monster. He’s responsible for fanning the flames of hate to burn millions of lives. But like most monsters in history, he was also a man. His philosophies and bigotry weren’t born into him fully-formed, like Athena—he is more than responsible for nurturing and watering them, but the seed of his bigotry can also be traced to outside sources....

Aspiring screenwriter Rey Rivera was just 32 years old when he disappeared on May 16, 2006. About a week later, he was found dead under strange circumstances at Baltimore’s historic Belvedere Hotel — and the mystery remains unsolved to this day. When Rey Rivera’s death first made headlines in 2006, it originally seemed like a suicide. About a week after the 32-year-old aspiring screenwriter vanished, his body was found inside an abandoned conference room at Baltimore’s historic Belvedere Hotel....

On August 7, 1985, Jeremy Nevill Bamber entered his parents’ home at White House Farm in England and murdered everyone inside — before calling the police and pinning it all on his sister. PA Images via Getty ImagesJeremy Bamber was jailed for life in 1986 after being convicted of shooting dead his mother, father, sister and twin nephews at the family farmhouse in Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex. Jeremy Bamber was convicted of one of the most heinous mass murders sprees in modern British history....

In 1998, Gloria Williams stole newborn Kamiyah Mobley from a Jacksonville, Florida hospital and raised her under the name Alexis Manigo. Then, Mobley learned the truth 16 years later. Florida State Attorney’s OfficeKamiyah Mobley and her kidnapper, Gloria Williams, who raised her as her own child. Until she was 16 years old, Alexis Manigo led a normal life. Growing up in Walterboro, South Carolina, Manigo went to school, attended church, and spent time with her mother, Gloria Williams....

Li Ching-Yuen was reportedly 256 years old when he died in 1933, though genetics experts say that’s “impossible.” Wikimedia CommonsThe only known photo of Li Ching-Yuen dates to 1927, when he supposedly celebrated his 250th birthday. The oldest known human to ever live was Jeanne Calment, a French woman who died when she was 122 years old. However, a Chinese man named Li Ching-Yuen allegedly had her beat — by 134 years....

After Parks was robbed and assaulted in 1994, pizza chain founder Michael Ilitch offered to pay her rent in perpetuity. Wikimedia Commons; Dave Sandford/Getty ImagesLeft: Rosa Parks in 1955. Right: Michael Ilitch in 2007. Little Caesars’ founder Michael Ilitch, who passed away this past Friday, personally paid Rosa Parks’ rent for more than ten years. ABC affiliate WXYZ reports that Ilitch offered to pay for Parks’ downtown Detroit apartment after reading an article about the effort to find her a new home following an incident in which she was robbed and assaulted in 1994....