The nearly three dozen Illinois counties where a majority of voters in recent years have expressed their desire to leave the Land of Lincoln won’t be joining their neighbor to the east anytime soon — ...

For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of history's darkest chapters with joy — such as parades or ...

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the insects in ...

A spokesperson for the Homeland Security Department says Secretary Kristi Noem was taken to a hospital to treat an allergic ...

June 19, aka Juneteenth, honors the end of slavery in the United States, and is known as the country’s second Independence ...

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services says all three bids to build a new state prison would stay within its budget ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The grand military parade that President Donald Trump had been wanting for years barreled down Constitution ...

On library shelves the multi-volumed biographies by Nicolay and Hay, Sandburg, and Randall and Current stand cover to cover with *Lincoln Never Smoked a Cigarette* and *Abraham Lincoln on the Coming ...

Mourners are paying their respects to former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel as his body lies in state Thursday at New York City Hall, an honor bestowed to a short list of political ...

Rare copies of both the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment will be auctioned off in Sotheby’s upcoming books ...

Measures include graduation rates, affordability and enrollment of low income students and those pursuing degrees in occupations deemed critical for the Commonwealth.

The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission hosted its inaugural meeting ahead of a fast-approaching July 1 deadline to set ...