Central Illinois is Abraham Lincoln country. Springfield has his law office, the home he owned as an adult, his tomb and the Old State Capitol, where he legislated and spoke. Surrounding regions focus ...

There’s an old Bob Newhart routine about Abraham Lincoln. Newhart’s early career featured a stand-up shtick in which he ...

On April 14, 1865, a man slipped into a theater, waited for a laugh line, and changed the shape of American memory.

The new 'Douglass Portrait' will be performed by the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra alongside Aaron Copland's famous 'Lincoln ...

Abraham Lincoln's words about the future offer wisdom for today. He led America through the Civil War. Lincoln fought for the ...

Stacker's quiz explores 50 quotes from some of the most famous icons of all time. Each pair of slides in this quiz opens with ...

Mary Shipman Andrews' 1906 story about Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" sold 600,000 copies and was assigned reading for ...

An American sailor was injured during flight operations aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and is in stable condition, according to the U.S. 5th Fleet. The ship was performing flight ...

Iran said Wednesday it had fired cruise missiles in the direction of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, hours after Tehran’s military dismissed any talk of an agreement to end the war with the ...

Robert De Niro walked onto Carnegie Hall's stage Tuesday night, unannounced and to loud applause. He didn't make any speeches, at least none of his own. After a career defined by playing gangsters, an ...

NEW YORK — Robert De Niro walked onto Carnegie Hall’s stage Tuesday night, unannounced and to loud applause. He didn’t make any speeches, at least none of his own. After a career defined by playing ...