"This [sculpture of Cleopatra] was not a beautiful work, but it was a very original and very striking one . . . [Cleopatra] is seated in a chair; the poison of the asp has done its work and the ...

As Andrew F. Smith details in his 1994 book The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture and Cookery, before the fruit made ...

Attorney Ioannis Kaloidis denounced a statement released by the alleged victim in the Waterbury captivity case, calling it ...

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I was held prisoner in my home from the time I was taken out of the fourth grade at age 11 until two months ago at age 31 ...

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Frank Perry’s adaptation of Joan Didion’s book will screen this weekend at the Belcourt ...

Swallows a non-food solid object Adult suspects an object was swallowed Includes object found in the stool with no history of it being swallowed. Sometimes, a young child swallows an object when no ...

WATERBURY, Conn. — The 32-year-old man who says he was held captive in a Waterbury home for 20 years has released his first public statement, saying he is ready to reclaim and take control of his life ...

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A Connecticut man who officials say was held captive by his stepmom for more than two decades is speaking out publicly for ...