Democrat Tom Harkin greets those at a Sept. 23, 2018, political event in Iowa City. Harkin, who represented Iowa for ...

The image of the drowned Syrian child Alan Kurdi once shook the world. When you see it, you cannot help but ask: Why did this ...

An investigation is underway after a $90,000 bronze bust and three plaques were stolen from the gravesite of former Nebraska ...

Alina Habba has resigned as New Jersey’s Acting U.S. attorney, a week after the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed she was ...

Smith, a popular Springfield figure who worked with U.S. Sen. Charles Percy and U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood and was executive director of the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition when the Lincoln ...

Out of all the vampire movies ever made, some are major hits that fans love, while others completely fail and leave everyone ...

Long before highways and aircraft, the dead traveled by rail. In the 19th century, overcrowded cities turned to funeral trains to carry coffins and mourners to remote cemeteries, transforming grief ...

President Donald Trump boasted on his Truth Social platform about the “spectacular” ballroom that he’s ordered to be built at ...

On Dec. 4, 1850, editor Thomas J. Dryer cranked out the first issue on a hand press inside a crude log cabin at Front and Morrison streets.

Vice President JD Vance, an Ohio native who is positioning himself to run for the nation's highest office, stumbled on an Ohio presidential pop quiz earlier this month. Here's a cheat-sheet with the ...

NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) – History enthusiasts are turning their attention to a remarkable auction set for later this month. On November 22, a collection of historic American presidential artefacts will ...

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) prepares to conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) on Nov. 8, 2024. US Navy Photo Less ...