1970s

An Oscar-nominated screen siren who acted in some of the best-remembered movies of the 1990s is unrecognizable in her yearbook photos. Over the last decade of the 20th century, she acted …

When a young Iranian woman was arrested last week after she stripped down to her underwear in protest of the country’s strict hijab laws, people around the world praised her …

London, United Kingdom – As a 16-year-old schoolgirl in her classroom at Plaistow Grammar School in London’s East End, Leila Hassan Howe, now 76, can still remember being made to …

Gothenburg, Sweden – George Totari’s understated apartment is full of noise and life even in his retirement, as he sits surrounded by his daughter and grandchildren. Soft grey walls typical …

A prolific serial killer who murdered eight females — including his mother and six students in college or high school — decades ago was denied parole by a California state …

Canadian police announced Friday they have linked the deaths of four young women nearly 50 years ago to a now-deceased U.S. fugitive who hid in Canada from the mid-1970s to …

Gripped by a deep freeze for most of the year, a remote weather station in Canada remains eerily intact decades after its inhabitants departed, as I recently discovered on an expedition …

BOSTON — A former Olympian and longtime track coach will spend as many as 11 years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges of sexually molesting young boys at a sports …