The causes and solutions to gun violence are difficult to quantify—or control. One thing is clear: gun violence is highest in ...

President Donald Trump salutes during a Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va.

The hosts of the Throughline podcast bring us the story of how a presidential assassination gave rise to the modern federal civil service.

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Attendees from Chicago and afar congregated at ACen to show off their imaginative attire. Here are our favorite looks.

Cosplayers from Chicago and beyond recently attended Anime Central 2025 to show off their imaginative creations inspired by ...

After her release, Mary Todd Lincoln lived a relatively quiet life, although she remained plagued by both psychiatric and ...

Former Presidents James A. Garfield's and Franklin D. Roosevelt words ring solemn and true on this weekend of remembrance, ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City’s mayor were shot dead Tuesday, authorities said, in ...

And on July 2, 1881, he followed Garfield to a Washington D.C. train station and shot him. Today on the show: how an assassination meant to restore the spoils system instead led to its end ...

Garfield’s presidency is one that never got off the ground. His assassination, a mere six months after taking office, means the man didn’t have time to get much done. Sadly, his assassination ...

But it took Garfield’s assassination to finally get a meaningful bill passed. The Pendleton Act professionalized the civil service. Among other things, the Act required that for some federal ...