Before assassinating President Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth was a famous actor who once took the stage in Lexington.

Indiana's coin shows a young Lincoln sitting on a log, reading a book. It's meant to depict his time in Indiana from 1816 to ...

America's conflicted history over its treatment of immigrants and what President Lincoln might say about today's immigration ...

Kentucky's coin shows a log cabin similar to the one where Lincoln was born in 1809. The coin is meant to remind citizens ...

Abraham Lincoln, a symbol of perseverance, emphasized personal resolution as paramount to success. His famous quote, 'Always ...

The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury ...

In a polarized age, Pope Leo's fluent American English with a Midwestern accent may be exactly what the church, our country ...

Today is Saturday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2025 with 53 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Neptune, ...

Production of one-cent coins in America will cease in 2026. The penny’s life has been long and fruitful, but its time has ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Anthony “Tony” DiPalma, who retired as the longest-serving uniformed officer in the NYPD after an extraordinary 44-year career, died on Nov. 7. He was 74. His dedication to ...

In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important ...

After covering Miguel Perez Jr. for years, former WBEZ immigration reporter María Inés Zamudio looks back on the activist’s ...