Ford Island in Pearl Harbor is seen in this aerial photo taken from a Japanese plane on December 7, 1941. Early that Sunday morning, a surprise attack at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian time was carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy in two waves – a barrage that lasted two hours […]
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Serial killer Rodney Alcala’s secret photos
When Huntington Beach, Calif., detectives searched Rodney Alcala’s Seattle storage locker during the Robin Samsoe murder investigation in 1979, they discovered a cache of photos, many of them young women in suggestive, and even pornographic poses. In March 2010, after a third jury in 30 years handed Alcala a death […]
John McCain 1936-2018
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., accompanied by Chair of the National Constitution Center’s Board of Trustees, former Vice President Joe Biden, waves as he takes the stage before receiving the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. The honor is given annually to an individual who displays courage and conviction […]
Friday the 13th
The shape of a ladder against a wall makes a triangle, an allusion to the Christian holy trinity, and also looks like gallows. Years ago, people thought walking through the former was blasphemous, and the latter tempted fate. These days, it’s still discouraged, if only because you might get something […]