Caroline Howe, NBC News Journalist Profile

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Opinion: USEF Must Do Better In Fighting Horse Abuse

1 week ago | chronofhorse.com | Caroline Howe

Dear USEF:As a competing USEF member and horse welfare advocate, I’m concerned that you have not had a strong, immediate response to horse abuse in our sport. And I am asking you to do better. Our sport has a horse abuse problem. And we, collectively as equestrian stakeholders, are the only ones who can fix it. But for meaningful change to happen, we need assurance from you—through consistent action—that you are authentically committed to enforcing horse welfare violations.
The lesser-known story of 100K courageous runaway slaves who fled the South via the ‘Blue Highway’

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Caroline Howe

In 1857, an 18-year-old female slave, Lear Green, who had been repeatedly raped and forced into prostitution by her white owner, one James Noble, was surreptitiously placed in a wooden seaman’s chest wearing a dress, bonnet and cape and delivered as simple freight on a steamship bound to Philadelphia from the port of Baltimore.
The lesser-known story of 100K courageous runaway slaves who fled the South via the ‘Blue Highway’

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Caroline Howe

In 1857, an 18-year-old female slave, Lear Green, who had been repeatedly raped and forced into prostitution by her white owner, one James Noble, was surreptitiously placed in a wooden seaman’s chest wearing a dress, bonnet and cape and delivered as simple freight on a steamship bound to Philadelphia from the port of Baltimore.
The wild story of America's pioneering 'mega'-preacher

1 month ago | nypost.com | Caroline Howe

She was a blend of P.T. Barnum, the colorful showman credited with declaring, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” and the infamous flamboyant televangelist couple Tammy Faye and Jim Baker who built a scandal-riddled evangelical empire — all rolled into one. Back in the early years of the Roaring Twenties it was a charismatic lady evangelist by the name of Aimee Semple McPherson who ruled a circus-like path to heaven that enthralled audiences and worshippers alike.
Meet Russia's real-life 'Americans'

1 month ago | lucianne.com | Caroline Howe

Original ArticlePosted By: ConservativeYankee, 4/27/2025 12:44:54 PMAnn Foley, a part-time real estate agent, lived a middle-class, all-American lifestyle with her husband, Don, and their two sons, in Cambridge, Mass., home of many of America's most prestigious universities and think tanks. But the likeable, friendly couple had a very secret life. Ann was, in fact, Elena Vavilova, a deep-cover spy trained by the secret Russian intelligence agency, the notorious KGB.
Meet Russia’s real-life ‘Americans’ — spies hiding in plain sight

1 month ago | nypost.com | Caroline Howe

Ann Foley, a part-time real estate agent, lived a middle-class, all-American lifestyle with her husband, Don, and their two sons, in Cambridge, Mass., home of many of America’s most prestigious universities and think tanks. But the likeable, friendly couple had a very secret life. Ann was, in fact, Elena Vavilova, a deep-cover spy trained by the secret Russian intelligence agency, the notorious KGB. Don, her seemingly pleasant husband, was actually Andrei Bezrukov, also a KGB agent.
Meet Russia’s real-life ‘Americans’ - spies hiding in plain sight

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Caroline Howe

Fom top left, Cynthia Murphy whose real name is Lydia Guryev, Patricia Mills whose real name is Natalia Pereverzeva, Anna Chapman, Vavilova, Vicky Pelaez. Bottom row from left: Richard Murphy born Vladimir Guryev, Michael Zottoli whose real name is Mikhail Kutsik, Mikhail Semenko, Donald Howard Heathfield whose real name is Andrey Bezrukov and Juan Lazaro whose real name is Mikhail Vasenkov.
Behind the deadly quest to conquer the Northwest Passage

1 month ago | nypost.com | Caroline Howe

In May 1845, one of England’s most storied naval officers, Sir John Franklin, launched an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Once thought to be ice-free, the legendary North Pole journey had been mythically described — without any real evidence — as an earthly paradise with palm trees, dragons, and 4-foot-tall pygmies. Forget about blizzards, polar bears, and Arctic typhoons. But, Franklin and a crew of 128 men never made it out of the great Northwest.
The hidden history of the Boy Scouts of America

Feb 16, 2025 | nypost.com | Caroline Howe

For more than a century, tens of millions of American younths have been members of the Boy Scouts of America, pledging to serve God and country and always helping others, while keeping themselves “physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight,” as dictated in the iconic Boy Scout oath. Through the decades, their platinum ranks have included the best and the brightest, among them Bill Clinton, Steven Spielberg and Hank Aaron, to name just a few.
The inner world of dogs is far deeper than we realize

Feb 1, 2025 | nypost.com | Caroline Howe

Chew on this: A dog’s life — even if that means joyfully and endlessly chasing squirrels — is more meaningful than a dog owner’s life, asserts Mark Rowlands, professor, and chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Miami, in his latest meditation on the inherent happiness of our canine companions.