French authorities are pushing for a trial, while the couple maintains they were unaware of the gold's controversial ...

Eleonor "Gay" Courter and her husband have been accused of helping to sell the bullion for a French diver who stole it decades ago, but have denied knowledge of any wrongdoing.

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The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

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