Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news ...

Wilson says Native American tribes in the straits practiced slavery for a variety of cultural reasons. That’s changed as European settlers arrived and African American slaves entered the picture.

32 million US residents claim Irish descent—I am one of them, but do I consider myself Irish American? I answered this question after I read Jay P. Dolan’s history book "The Irish Americans ...

What does St. Patrick's Day celebrate? Originally, the Irish holiday was meant to honor the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick. Now, the day has become a celebration of Irish culture.

A vulnerable former chef died in a “cuckoo” house after being repeatedly beaten, kept in slavery and forced to sleep beside dogs, a court has heard. The body of 55-year-old Dimitrios Tsavdaris ...

Get top local stories in Connecticut delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC Connecticut's News Headlines newsletter. Originally, the Irish holiday was meant to honor the patron saint of ...

“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not,” said Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain. Always a man for a pithy ...

When Christianity became state-sponsored under leaders such as Constantine and Theodosius, governments systematically ...

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They may sound innocuous to you, but please don’t throw around these seemingly innocent words and phrases that have horrible origins. These familiar terms derive from stereotypes, slurs, and bigotry, ...

During his career, O’Connell was elected Mayor of Dublin and a member of the British Parliament. However, he was refused his seat in the House of Commons because the law prohibited Catholics from ...