A version of this story appears in the September 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. Philadelphia detected its first case of a deadly, fast-spreading strain of influenza on September 17, 1918.

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ROSLYN, New York (WABC) -- Long Island officials say careless smoking caused a massive house fire that injured two firefighters in Nassau County. The fire broke out around 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday at a ...

‘I’m from Brooklyn, don’t be grabbing me, touching on me!’ Long says of her initial encounter with The Purple One. Nia Long has been turning heads since the masses were introduced to her as Brandy in ...

Nia Long has been turning heads since the masses were introduced to her as Brandy in “Boyz N The Hood.” She has had her fair share of men attempt to flatter her, but there’s one gentleman in ...