Idle buses, empty Border Patrol boats: Arrests for illegal crossings fall in the Rio Grande Valley
MISSION, Texas (AP) — An idled Border Patrol bus sat empty this week, on standby for any migrants surrendering near the ...
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How the final shots of the Civil War came to be fired off the shores of Alaska
Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...
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'Damaged' toilet cubicles at ITE College East due to renovation
In response to Mothership's queries, Alvin Goh, principal of ITE College East said that the cubicle partitions were taken ...
History Today: Did you know the world’s first teddy bear was inspired by a US president?
Morris Michtom, a small toy store owner, put two stuffed ’teddy bears’ in his Brooklyn shop window for sale, inspired by an ...
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The Historic S.S. 'United States,' the Fastest Liner to Cross the Atlantic, Is Heading to a Watery Grave
The S.S. United States, the fastest liner ever to cross the Atlantic, has been moored in Philadelphia for nearly three decades. Eventually, officials plan to deliberately sink the vessel off the coast ...
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SS United States tow scheduled for Feb. 17
A two-week tow to take the historic liner SS United States from Philadelphia to Florida’s Gulf coast is set to begin Feb. 17, ...