On this day in history, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln declared that all enslaved people in states rebelling against the Union “are, and ...

U.S. stock markets will remain closed on Jan. 9 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, continuing a long-held Wall Street ...

Lincoln visited Massachusetts. In September 1848, while still a young Congressman, Abe Lincoln visited New Bedford and spent ...

Memorial services for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter are expected to take place over six days in Georgia and Washington, ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent roughly 22 months in hospice care.

Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt’s inspiration as an artist was sparked in part by the murder of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old ...

Most commonly revered as the United States President who freed the slaves, Abraham Lincoln is known for something different ...

Just in time for the holidays, thousands of sailors with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, including its flagship ...

When considering pardon requests during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln typically sought to ... involved significant political risk. Reviewing death penalty cases even gave him headaches.

The bipartisan House task force investigating the two assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump released its final report of its findings last week. The 180-page report details ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. — Six people were indicted last week in connection with the death of a 7-week-old baby girl in Lincoln County earlier this year. Police said Ty'Ann Curtner was exposed to an ...