SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A team of researchers using historical documents and 21st-century archaeological techniques has confirmed the exact site where 19 innocent people were hanged during the Salem witch ...

The morning of June 10, 1692, started with a hanging. Bridget Bishop, a local woman convicted of witchcraft – though it’s more likely her only crimes were promiscuity (by Puritans’ strict standards) ...

SALEM, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts community where 20 people suspected of witchcraft were put to death in 1692 unveiled a memorial to 19 of those victims on Wednesday, promising never to forget the ...

SALEM, Mass. (Reuters) - The city of Salem, Massachusetts, plans to erect a monument near the site where historians have recently determined that 19 suspected witches were hung more than 300 years, ...

A woman who was convicted of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, finally has had her name cleared after more than three centuries. Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday legally pardoned Elizabeth ...