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 ...

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

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

Pennies were among the first coins introduced by the U.S. Mint, a bureau of the Treasury Department, more than 230 years ago.

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

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

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

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 ...

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Once touted as the point guard of the future, Telfair's NBA career began with plenty of promise but ended in a lot of ...

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