California
Crooked politicians in Depression-era Los Angeles found “easy pickins” when they meshed their hunger for money with the arid state’s thirst for water.
June 23, 2002
World & Nation
The unmarked graves in a forgotten West Virginia burial ground known locally as Little Egypt contain the remains of dozens of coal mine workers who died in a 1912 mine explosion.
Dec. 5, 2022
The patch of earth was about 7 feet long and 3 feet wide, and had the eerie look of a new grave.
April 12, 1985
“Poor Mexico,” Porfirio Diaz, the country’s former president, once lamented.
Oct. 7, 1990
Celestina Bishop is trying to save the cemetery that is her strongest connection to the family she never knew.
May 16, 2021
Ministry of Gossip
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March 15, 2010
Rural cemeteries with historic gravestones have become the target of thieves who peddle the folk-art sculpture to antique dealers for prices of up to $4,000, said New Hampshire State Sen.
March 2, 1987
Politics
The Legislature sent hundreds of bills to Gov. Gray Davis at the close of session last month.
Sept. 11, 2002
On a warm and humid night, more than 5,000 people gathered Monday to honor the memory of Robert F.
June 7, 1988
L.A. Unleashed
Dec. 16, 2008