One hundred fifty years ago, about 80 miles southeast of Litchfield in Mankato, Minn., a tragedy unfolded. The war that started with a few scattered attacks across Meeker County in August 1862, ...

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The Dakota Removal Act refers to the removal of Dakota People from their Minnesota homelands following the Dakota War and the mass hanging of 38 Dakota men 1862 with an additional two men hanged ...

Those 38 warriors were executed at Mankato, Minnesota, on Dec. 26, 1862, in what remains the largest mass execution in American history. In the meantime, many Dakota fled Minnesota, some fleeing ...

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran’s capital Saturday, officials said, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of ...

A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran's capital on Saturday, officials said, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of political prisoners in 1988. No group ...

A man fatally shot two prominent hardline judges in Iran’s capital on Saturday, officials said, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of dissidents in 1988. No group immediately ...