When the sculptor Alexander Phimister Proctor’s monument of Roosevelt was unveiled in Portland in 1922, the then-recently ...

In the post-Civil War South, the federal government worked to protect newly freed citizens and immigrants by establishing ...

From historic homes to a building at Transylvania University, here are the places reported to be haunted in Lexington.

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The term stumping came from the early 19th century where candidates on the frontier would stand on stumps from a cut down ...

Ballerina Misty Copeland has taken one last passionate spin on the ballet stage before saying goodbye. American Ballet ...

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His moral clarity, his extraordinary gifts with language, his decisive role in preserving the Union and what some consider his ultimate martyrdom combine to make of Lincoln a myth ...

Today is Friday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2025. There are 68 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1945, the United Nations formally came into existence as the Charter of the United Nations, ...