Abraham Lincoln, born in Kentucky, practiced law here but always went home to Springfield. Ulysses S. Grant, born in Ohio, never got closer than Galena, which at one time rivaled Chicago, with its ...

William McKinley and Donald Trump have a few things in common. Both were president of the U.S. Both were the targets of ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

Their work also includes forecasting changes, and sharing said changes, about our oceans. What happens in our oceans can ...

Minnesota’s tourism industry hit the big time when it was featured in Time magazine on Aug. 13. 1973. The cover featured Minnesota’s charismatic governor, Wendell Anderson, proudly ...

President Trump tangled with its forecasters during his first term. As he slashes government spending, many wonder what that ...

Black history, includes art history, and over the years people of color have been portrayed in paintings in various ways and ...

In November of 1876, the United States witnessed the closest presidential election in history. Rutherford B. Hayes was the ...

It’s a slip, not a fall,” Abraham Lincoln said after his loss in his legendary 1858 Illinois Senate contest against Stephen Douglas. Liz Cheney apparently has the same attitude after her ...

While Lincoln has ranked at the top of each survey, the two presidents who served right before him – Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, both sympathetic to slavery – and his immediate successor, ...

As Warren Christopher — and Joe Biden — knew in the 1990s, moving USAID to the State Department is right on the policy.

This article was written by Jim Beaugez. The surrender of Vicksburg by Confederate Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton to Union forces ...