Until the early 1800s, Americans burned very little coal. The country was thickly forested, and wood was cheap. Most houses had one or more wood fireplaces. The country didn’t have many ...

400 B.C. The Greek physician Hippocrates treats mental disorders as diseases to be understood in terms of disturbed physiology, rather than reflections of the displeasure of the gods or evidence ...

Stephen Salisbury II, one of the wealthiest men in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the 1800s, had interests in banking, canals and railroads. But his collection of fragments from the Star-Spangled ...

A retired tradesman has avoided prison over an incident in a supermarket car park in Wicklow Town in which he drove a short distance with a store manager on the bonnet of his vehicle following a ...

SANFORD, Fla. (WESH) - A Central Florida home built in the 1800s stands right where a new highway may go. If that happens, the Sanford-area home might not remain standing much longer. Love for the ...

News Real Life Real Life Mum convinced of three-year old's 'past life' following eerie 1800s recollection A mum who was summoned by a nursery worker to discuss a name her three-year old son had ...

In an incident of road rage, a speeding car hit a cab at Kharadi bypass chowk, then dragged the cab driver on its bonnet for about a kilometer, on Tuesday morning, police said. Police have arrested ...

In the late 1800s, America’s first known serial killer appeared. He called himself H.H. Holmes, and he was a doctor as well as the architect of a huge Chicago hotel that would later become known ...

Considered a very smart breed, the Aussie was developed in the US in the late 1800s. 9. Basset Hound Height: Up to 15” Weight: 40-65 lbs. Bred in France as a hunting dog, bassets have incredible scent ...

But because community programs lacked the funding they needed, the pendulum swung back the other way by the late 20th century. More people with mental illness ended up in prison. Despite the high ...

In the 1800s, the Thames River was thick with human sewage and the streets were covered with horse dung, the removal of which, according to Lee Jackson, presented an "impossible challenge." ...