Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...

I’ve had Whitman in mind this spring as we’ve watched the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency ...

On July 7, 2005, terrorists struck the London transit system, setting off explosions in three subway cars and a double-decker ...

In the day, "assassination" meant a surprise attack, not necessarily a murder. But from the very first dispatches from Washington that the Herald published, it was clear Lincoln would not survive.

There was a time when the name “Walter Gorthy” was well known in the Cadillac area because of the incredible role he played ...

Roger Q. Mason’s stage play and film Lavender Men considers Abraham Lincoln's love life and interrogates American mythology.

In grade school, I lived in Springfield, Illinois. When family or friends visited, we would invariably take them to see ...

The U.S. Secret Service marks its 160th anniversary, reflecting on its evolution from fighting counterfeiting to presidential ...

John McCaa recalls a moment in his early career when he could not report on a political assassination in Spain. In our own ...

According to myth, the ghost of George Washington cursed anyone serving more than four years. But a nonconsecutive second ...

1801 Former slave and acclaimed general and military tactician, Toussaint Louverture declares Haitian independence. 1865 Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt are hanged for ...