A local effort is now underway to identify a mother and child murdered in Bakersfield more than 100 years ago, using modern DNA testing to bring long-overdue answers.

Sprawling across 20 acres just east of downtown Tulsa, Oaklawn Cemetery serves as a long-standing fixture since its establishment in 1882 — 25 years before Oklahoma statehood. The manicured grounds ...

The Ohio History Connection is urging the public to refrain from using the ancient earthworks, specifically Shrum Mound in ...

"The earth was overturned, and bones were exposed," she said. "I stood there shouting, ’Where are my sons? What did they do ...

Andrew Craig was born into slavery to a family that owned a farm modeled on a southern plantation envisioned by George ...

What started as a quick stop on the side of the road turned into one of the largest slave cemeteries we’ve ever seen. As we walked deeper, sunken graves, fieldstones, and poured concrete markers began ...

Archaeologists in Greece have discovered 430,000-year-old handheld wooden tools, the oldest surviving examples of their kind ...

Police officer Ran Gvili’s body was located and identified following a “large-scale operation” in a cemetery in northern Gaza ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins made a series of roster transactions Tuesday morning, including placing defenseman Erik Karlsson on injured reserve. The team recalled forward Tristan Broz and defenseman Ryan ...

HELENDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- A homicide investigation is underway in San Bernadino County after a woman's body was found in a shallow grave in the Mojave Desert, authorities said Monday. According to ...

Pennsylvania authorities believe they have caught a grave robber responsible for stealing more than 100 sets of human remains. Jonathan Gerlach of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, is facing numerous charges ...