As we recognize Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, we would do well to draw from his famous Gettysburg Address to heal from our more ...

Feb. 16—Before he was elected president, Abraham Lincoln visited the Montgomery County Courthouse in 1859. Lincoln, who had lost a bid for the U.S. Senate the year before to Stephen A. Douglas, ...

MONO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – For the first time, researchers have captured and collared one of California’s most elusive mammals. The Sierra Nevada red fox. Fewer than 50 are believed to remain ...

I can see Alton’s Lincoln-Douglas Square from my bookshop window. On Oct. 15, 1858, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas engaged in the last of their seven debates as they contended for an Illinois ...

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” So said Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, given 165 years ago. Many describe contemporary America in the same terms. We’re a house divided ...

What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago, on Thursday May 29, 1856, ignited Abraham Lincoln’s march to the presidency, and eventually led to the Civil War-era 13th, 14th and 15 amendments, which ...

When Abraham Lincoln ran for president, he didn't campaign on his own behalf. That was deemed unseemly in the political climate of the 1860s. Instead, other speakers hit the hustings to tout the man ...

Hamish Linklater as Abraham Lincoln in 'Manhunt.' While there are no audio recordings of Lincoln, contemporary reports of his voice indicate that he probably sounded something like he does in Manhunt.