39.This is the aftermath of the Great Molasses Flood of 1919, a deadly event that claimed the lives of 21 people in Boston ...

As cardinals work to select a new pope, Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill highlights various ways new religious ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

Almost exactly 160 years ago, the American Civil War wound down to a messy and anticlimactic end. By December 1864, it was ...

Gabriel Whitley, 27, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Election Commission by falsifying donations to ...

Before the invention of photography, the appearance of famous and historical figures was documented in statues, paintings, ...

The 100th day of Donald Trump’s presidency is today, And I ask you this: What president had the worst first 100 days of his ...

The white leather gloves are stained with blood from the night Abraham Lincoln wore them to the theater. Even on a celebratory night marking an end to war, Lincoln disliked donning the flashy bit of ...

The state was the first to secede from the Union in 1860. But not everyone is happy about the controversial celebration ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Kevin Wood takes his career impersonating Abe Lincoln seriously. The two are the same height, “nearly 6 feet, 4 inches,” and share an uncanny resemblance. Wood even has his ...

In “Abe Lincoln’s Reservations About Judicial Rule” (Letters, April 9), Robert DiNino invokes regrettable actions taken by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War as justification for President ...