QUEENS, N.Y. — A well-known local brothel near two schools in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's red-light district has been shut down by the NYPD after months of advocacy by local leaders who say the ...

During the Pikes Peak Gold Rush in Colorado, mining camps quickly grew into bustling towns. Glimpses of history can be seen through architectural remains and objects left behind, even red light ...

QUEENS, N.Y. – Chaos erupted in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s New York City district on Tuesday when a Democrat politician was chased out of a public square because he backs a recent police ...

The city labeled it a restricted area. Residents called it "that side of town." The section had been rezoned as a red light district where prostitution, saloons and general debauchery were legal. Why?

What did Edwin E. Grant do to make constituents mad? The California state senator from San Francisco was targeted in 1914 by the state’s second successful recall and became the shortest serving ...

Like San Francisco's Barbary Coast and New Orleans' Storyville, San Antonio's generically named "sporting district" - as it's called in a 1911 guide - was an area where vice-related businesses were ...